Quotes about Inclusion

Here's the thing. We do a movie with a predominantly black cast, and it's put in a category of being a black film. When other movies are done with a predominantly white cast, we don't call them a white film. I'm trying to remove the stigma off things they call black films.

We must make every effort to extend a hand to the stranger, and continue to fight to make sure we don't give up on our American values.

All asylum seekers at our border should remind us that we are a nation of immigrants and that we were once strangers at the border.

Because it is grounded in the Trinity, our unity also allows us to celebrate our diversity in the body of Christ.

Remember, Father, Son, and Spirit were torn apart when Jesus died so that we might embrace rather than exclude one another. We have to be willing to face conflict. God wants us to grow and this is a crucial place where growth often occurs. He wants to make us more like Christ

It's taking a while for older women to be the norm on TV.

There were so few Asians on-screen when I grew up, and the ones who were on-screen weren't given complex characters to play.

Every time we have a woman on-screen, we can empower her in a different way rather than just giving a speech on the importance of equality and empowerment. I think sometimes we have to show her as powerful.

And the child smiled on the Giant, and said to him, 'You let me play once in your garden, to-day you shall come with me to my garden, which is Paradise.

When prejudice between team members is present within the team, it's as though a hockey team voluntarily decided to place one or two of their members in the penalty box, and attempted to compete effectively against the opposing team with fewer players.

It is being included in the eternal life of God that heals all wounds and allows us to stop demanding satisfaction. What really matters, of a personal nature, once it is clear that you are included? You have been chosen. God chooses you. This is the message of the kingdom.

We don't consume the merits of Christ or the services of the church. We are participants, not spectators.