Beyond Diversity
Rohit Bhargava
Top 10 Best Quotes
“We exist through intersections, but our conversations about diversity regularly push us to pick one identity for ourselves at the expense of others.”
“You cannot understand someone whose life experience is only ever portrayed to you through movies.”
“Storytelling can be the most potent way to celebrate progress, inspire change, and bring about a more diverse world. If stories shape our perceptions, then perhaps the stories we never hear shape our biases through the lack of awareness they enable.”
“Sometimes moving forward requires looking backward. Institutions also need to hold themselves accountable and increase their awareness of how government agencies, systems, and leaders have enacted harm toward marginalized populations in the near and distant past.”
“As humans, we all have subjective, ingrained beliefs that inform our decision-making, even if we aren’t aware of them. The problem is that the one-sided media we consume can end up confirming our perspectives rather than challenging them.”
“Those with the least social capital and power shouldn’t be asked to instigate the most change.”
“The reason diversity quotas or affirmative action initiatives exist is to open a door that might otherwise be shut. But opening that door just enough to let one person through and then letting it shut once more isn’t the progress we need.”
“Our stories cannot become more diverse and inclusive if the characters inside them are reduced to stereotypes.”
“It is a rarely spotlighted irony that so much of the dialogue about diversity and inclusion ends up emphasizing what sets us apart instead of what brings us together.”
“Food is perhaps the most accessible way to experience another culture. It does not require you to have a friend or colleague from another culture and you don’t even need to travel outside your hometown.”
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