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I think we're definitely in a wave of entertainment where -- it sounds how it's going to sound -- being ethnic is cool, i think what writers are doing is taking this idea where networks want ethnicity and diversity and they're taking the opportunity to broaden it and make [characters] not so one-note and simple. – Logan Browning	Found on CNN 6 years ago
We have to start appreciating each other's humanity, we have to think of ourselves as a caring nation that cares for our fellow citizens regardless of race, ethnicity or class. – Judy Lubin	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Jorge Ramos' stock in trade is identifying and trying to drive wedges between race, race and ethnicity, I should say to be more correct. When you start accentuating the differences, then you start ending up with people that are at each other's throats. And he's adding up Hispanics and blacks into what he predicts will be in greater number than whites in America. I will predict that Hispanics and the blacks will be fighting each other before that happens. – Steve King	Found on CNN 7 years ago
My husband was a fighter, he fought for the memory of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, and he fought for Israel. He waged countless battles for innocent victims regardless of ethnicity or creed. – Marion Wiesel	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We distribute them according to sect or ethnicity so we can reach all areas, we send the Kurd to the Kurdish areas and the Turkman to the Turkmen areas. – Mohammed Abbas	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Not only are our results highly statistically significant, you also want to look at whether the effects are meaningful, in our case, we saw a 20 to 40 percent difference between those who didn’t eat fast food and the high consumers, which we also found was striking. This is after accounting for differences in age, sex, ethnicity, household income and BMI. – Ami Zota	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Basically, I was told I would not be able to win because of my religion and ethnicity, i said, ‘I respectfully disagree with you.’ I believe in the goodness and the spirit of the American people. The American people have embraced me since I’ve been to this country and I’ve embraced them back as an adopted son. – Jesse Sbaih	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The most important thing is that creativity or quality of performance should never be judged on the basis of color, or ethnicity, or physical likeness, quality entertainment should be measured by the sheer force of creativity and the commitment that an actor or actress brings to the performance. – Chairman Robert L. Johnson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
What Make It Work is calling for is a publicly available database that would show what employers pay for different jobs based on sex, race and ethnicity. – Vivien Labaton	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is based obviously on our numbers dramatically growing, but even more due to the willingness of many individuals to speak out -- to question basic fundamental biases like the check-one-box-only ethnicity questionnaire that we simply can't fill out honestly, to address a lack of accurate media representation amidst a plethora of stereotype, to be bold enough to insist on defining oneself rather than have others outside do it for you. – Kip Fulbeck	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Remaining political prisoners must be released and human rights protected for all, no matter what their ethnicity or religion. – Antony Blinken	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think it is symptomatic of the overall rise of anti-Muslim sentiment in our society. We saw a multitude of these incidents after the San Bernardino (California) shootings. I think these incidents will only increase, unfortunately, it's this whole thing where the flight crew is uncomfortable or the passengers are uncomfortable. Why are they uncomfortable? Because of a perceived faith and ethnicity that leads to them being thrown off planes. It's very troubling. – Ibrahim Hooper	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Before, I thought only people of Kachin and Shan ethnicity were using drugs, but there are now many people who come from different parts of the country, using drugs and losing their lives. – Naung Latt	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Civilians have been targeted based on ethnicity. – Riek Machar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think the difference is popularity versus the message. If you listen to Bernie's message, it's obvious you should vote for Bernie. From the middle class on down, no matter what ethnicity you are, what race, it should be Bernie Sanders. – Corey Staley	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We felt we were slowly being weeded out and in danger of seeing our ethnicity disappear. – Robert Anyunt	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We've stood for people, irrespective of their nationality, their ethnicity, their race, color, creed, it doesn't matter, if they embrace a set of shared values, everybody can be as American as everybody else. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think Germans, once taught to be the 'master race', are moving toward the American model - citizenship by an act of will, in my lifetime, they have become a lot more accepting of different color, religion and ethnicity. – Josef Joffe	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Girl Scouts empowers EVERY girl - regardless of her race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity or geographic location - to achieve her dreams. – Girl Scouts of Western Washington	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The geographic location of the surgeon has therefore more influence on different beauty ideals than his or her ethnicity. – Neil Tanna	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The business community -- they have a lot of say and power all over the country, whether it's on religion or ethnicity or LGBT issues, when you're running a business, you have to have the doors open and welcome diversity. – Ralph Northam	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity, i have waited in deference while others expressed their feelings, beliefs, confusions and even conclusions - absent the full story. – Rachel Dolezal	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are her birth parents and we do not understand why she feels it's necessary to misrepresent her ethnicity. – Lawrence Dolezal	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are her birth parents, we do not understand why she feels it's necessary to misrepresent her ethnicity. – Ezra Dolezal	Found on CNN 8 years ago

I think we're definitely in a wave of entertainment where -- it sounds how it's going to sound -- being ethnic is cool, i think what writers are doing is taking this idea where networks want ethnicity and diversity and they're taking the opportunity to broaden it and make [characters] not so one-note and simple.

– Logan Browning

Found on CNN
6 years ago

We have to start appreciating each other's humanity, we have to think of ourselves as a caring nation that cares for our fellow citizens regardless of race, ethnicity or class.

– Judy Lubin

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Jorge Ramos' stock in trade is identifying and trying to drive wedges between race, race and ethnicity, I should say to be more correct. When you start accentuating the differences, then you start ending up with people that are at each other's throats. And he's adding up Hispanics and blacks into what he predicts will be in greater number than whites in America. I will predict that Hispanics and the blacks will be fighting each other before that happens.

– Steve King

Found on CNN
7 years ago

My husband was a fighter, he fought for the memory of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, and he fought for Israel. He waged countless battles for innocent victims regardless of ethnicity or creed.

– Marion Wiesel

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We distribute them according to sect or ethnicity so we can reach all areas, we send the Kurd to the Kurdish areas and the Turkman to the Turkmen areas.

– Mohammed Abbas

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Not only are our results highly statistically significant, you also want to look at whether the effects are meaningful, in our case, we saw a 20 to 40 percent difference between those who didn’t eat fast food and the high consumers, which we also found was striking. This is after accounting for differences in age, sex, ethnicity, household income and BMI.

– Ami Zota

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Basically, I was told I would not be able to win because of my religion and ethnicity, i said, ‘I respectfully disagree with you.’ I believe in the goodness and the spirit of the American people. The American people have embraced me since I’ve been to this country and I’ve embraced them back as an adopted son.

– Jesse Sbaih

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The most important thing is that creativity or quality of performance should never be judged on the basis of color, or ethnicity, or physical likeness, quality entertainment should be measured by the sheer force of creativity and the commitment that an actor or actress brings to the performance.

– Chairman Robert L. Johnson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

What Make It Work is calling for is a publicly available database that would show what employers pay for different jobs based on sex, race and ethnicity.

– Vivien Labaton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is based obviously on our numbers dramatically growing, but even more due to the willingness of many individuals to speak out -- to question basic fundamental biases like the check-one-box-only ethnicity questionnaire that we simply can't fill out honestly, to address a lack of accurate media representation amidst a plethora of stereotype, to be bold enough to insist on defining oneself rather than have others outside do it for you.

– Kip Fulbeck

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Remaining political prisoners must be released and human rights protected for all, no matter what their ethnicity or religion.

– Antony Blinken

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think it is symptomatic of the overall rise of anti-Muslim sentiment in our society. We saw a multitude of these incidents after the San Bernardino (California) shootings. I think these incidents will only increase, unfortunately, it's this whole thing where the flight crew is uncomfortable or the passengers are uncomfortable. Why are they uncomfortable? Because of a perceived faith and ethnicity that leads to them being thrown off planes. It's very troubling.

– Ibrahim Hooper

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Before, I thought only people of Kachin and Shan ethnicity were using drugs, but there are now many people who come from different parts of the country, using drugs and losing their lives.

– Naung Latt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Civilians have been targeted based on ethnicity.

– Riek Machar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think the difference is popularity versus the message. If you listen to Bernie's message, it's obvious you should vote for Bernie. From the middle class on down, no matter what ethnicity you are, what race, it should be Bernie Sanders.

– Corey Staley

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We felt we were slowly being weeded out and in danger of seeing our ethnicity disappear.

– Robert Anyunt

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We've stood for people, irrespective of their nationality, their ethnicity, their race, color, creed, it doesn't matter, if they embrace a set of shared values, everybody can be as American as everybody else.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I think Germans, once taught to be the 'master race', are moving toward the American model - citizenship by an act of will, in my lifetime, they have become a lot more accepting of different color, religion and ethnicity.

– Josef Joffe

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Girl Scouts empowers EVERY girl - regardless of her race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity or geographic location - to achieve her dreams.

– Girl Scouts of Western Washington

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The geographic location of the surgeon has therefore more influence on different beauty ideals than his or her ethnicity.

– Neil Tanna

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The business community -- they have a lot of say and power all over the country, whether it's on religion or ethnicity or LGBT issues, when you're running a business, you have to have the doors open and welcome diversity.

– Ralph Northam

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity, i have waited in deference while others expressed their feelings, beliefs, confusions and even conclusions - absent the full story.

– Rachel Dolezal

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are her birth parents and we do not understand why she feels it's necessary to misrepresent her ethnicity.

– Lawrence Dolezal

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are her birth parents, we do not understand why she feels it's necessary to misrepresent her ethnicity.

– Ezra Dolezal

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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