I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role. – Salma Hayek
All I can say is I am sensitive to discrimination on any basis because I have experienced that upset. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The other salient characteristic of the Declaration is its universality: it applies to all human beings without any discrimination whatever; it also applies to all territories, whatever their economic or political regime. – Rene Cassin
Hopefully, 21 years later, Judge Roberts possesses an openness with respect to issues of gender-based wage discrimination. – Olympia Snowe
Nowadays, most women just assume they have a right to be in the workplace, and any kind of discrimination they suffer is sort of more creeping. – Romola Garai
I am very much opposed to forcing anyone to violate their conscience or their religious beliefs, and of course, I’m very much opposed to discrimination. – Rick Scott
As a species, we’re addicted to the facile discrimination involved in saying that something or phenomenon is either ‘this’ or ‘that’ – how much more uncomfortable that it may well be ‘the other’. – Will Self
Many of us, particularly those of us with disabilities who have faced persistent discrimination throughout our lives, not least when trying to find employment in the first place, take enormous pride in our hard-fought jobs and careers. – Stella Young
I know from the stories of my grandparents and great-grandparents the real struggles and discrimination that Italian Americans faced when they first immigrated to America. – Tim Ryan
It is of the highest importance to provide equal access to the labour market. Governments should act to establish equitable employment standards and penalise racial discrimination. – Tariq Ramadan
Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely. – Thurgood Marshall
The Army has carried the American ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability. – Tom Lehrer
So much has happened to obscure the dialogue about race and about gender and discrimination in general, especially where those things touch on economics. – Tracy Chapman
Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There’s no denying that the old boys’ network is alive and well. But there’s also discrimination against men. – Warren Farrell
Is there discrimination against women? Yes, like the old boys’ network. And sometimes discrimination against women becomes discrimination against men: in hazardous fields, women suffer fewer hazards. – Warren Farrell
Racism is if there are spectators or, outside the field of play, there are movements to discrimination, but, on the field of play, I deny that there is racism. – Sepp Blatter