“There are a lot of good comics, no doubt, but as far as the quality of the comics goes, I think what you have is a bunch of situational comics - there are black comics that work only black crowds, gay comics that do only gay crowds, and southern comics that only work down South, and so on with Asian, Latino, Indian, midgets, etc. The previous generation's comics were better because they had to make everybody laugh.” ThinkingBlackQualityLaughingDoubtGenerationsGaySouthCrowdsBunchIndianNo DoubtEtcSouthernAsianLatinoMidgetPrevious Generations Author:Chris Rock
“And I found out about the wonderful world of sign language. I suddenly realized: If we as a society recognize Jewish culture, gay culture and Latino culture, we must recognize that this is a coherent culture, too. I think deafness is a disability for social constructionist reasons.” IfsThinkingWorldReasonCultureFoundLanguageSocialWonderfulGayDisabilityLatinoDeafnessSign LanguageWonderful WorldJewish CultureGay CultureLatino Culture Author:Andrew Solomon
“Ultimately, the main reason that you want more women in the sciences is the same reason you want more gay men in the sciences. It's the same reason you want more Latinos or African Americans; it's because if you come at a problem from a different perspective, you will be offering a creative vision that wasn't there before.” IfsMenWantDifferentReasonProblemVisionCreativePerspectiveGayAfrican AmericanOfferingLatinoGay MenDifferent PerspectiveCreative Vision Author:Cara Santa Maria
“I just don't understand how anyone would want to be a Republican. I just can't figure it. I don't understand. If you're poor, if you're any kind of minority - gay, black, Latino, anything. If you're not a rich born-again-Christian, I don't get it.” IfsWantKindChristianBlackBornPoorRichFiguresRepublicanGayMinoritiesLatinoBorn Again Author:Cher
“One of the things I had to really wrap my head around is I have no control over what people call me: advocate, activist, gay, Filipino, undocumented person, gay person with an Asian face and Latino name.” PeoplePersonsFacesNamesGayCall MeActivistAsianWrapsLatinoFilipino Author:Jose Antonio Vargas
“We must never allow demagogues to divide us up by race, by religion, by national origin, by gender, or sexual orientation. Black and whites, Latino, Asian-American, Native American, Christian, Jew, Muslim, and every religion - straight or gay, male or female - we must stand together. This country belongs to all of us.” CountryChristianTogetherBlackGayFemaleJewGenderNativeBlack And WhiteNative AmericanLatino Author:Bernie Sanders
“I like the labels because I think they tell my story in a very concise way: gay, Latino. I think the responsibility that comes with accepting labels is that now I get a chance to break stereotypes. It gives me the opportunity to tell the unique stories of what those labels mean.” ThinkingGivingMeanOpportunityChanceResponsibilityAcceptingBreakGayUniqueStereotypeLatino Author:Richard Blanco
“Everything is symbolic. If they'd picked some middle-aged white guy, well, that would have been a symbol, but it wouldn't have been shocking because that's the expected norm, right? I felt I was a good match: here's an accomplished poet, and he's also gay and Latino.” GuyPoetGayAccomplishedNormLatino Author:Richard Blanco
“If what I read doesn't reflect my life - whether I'm gay or Latino or on welfare - doesn't that really mean that my life is not valuable?” IfsMeanLife IsGayValuableWelfareLatinoReally Mean Author:Walter Dean Myers
“Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and whites, but also women and Latinos; and Asians and Native Americans; and gay Americans and Americans with a disability. They swung open for you, and they swung open for me. And that's why I'm standing here today-because of those efforts, because of that legacy.” TodayOpportunityInspiringEffortRightsDoorsMovementGayStandingEqualityCivil RightsLegacyNativeDisabilityNative AmericanLatinoCivil Rights Movement Author:Barack Obama