Equality Quotes

“We must choose to use our voice to say that equality should be a reality. For ALL people. We may not all be destined to achieve greatness as the world defines it —money, wealth, material goods —but we are great and can have great impact even if it is changing only one person’s life.”
― Trudy Bourgeois, Equality: Courageous Conversations About Women, Men, and Race to Spark a Diversity and Inclusion Breakthrough

“A leader cannot demonstrate empathy without a certain level of curiosity and a willingness to be vulnerable.”
― Trudy Bourgeois, Equality: Courageous Conversations About Women, Men, and Race to Spark a Diversity and Inclusion Breakthrough

“I have several friends who are from your culture.” Translated by the person of color as, “I am not racist. See? I have friends of color.”
― Trudy Bourgeois, Equality: Courageous Conversations About Women, Men, and Race to Spark a Diversity and Inclusion Breakthrough

“You are so articulate.” Translated by a person of color as, “I can’t believe someone from your race is so smart.”
― Trudy Bourgeois, Equality: Courageous Conversations About Women, Men, and Race to Spark a Diversity and Inclusion Breakthrough

“If we agree that covering robs us of showing up authentically, then we must also agree that finding the courage to create a new future requires women, people of color and those in the LGBT community to stop covering.”
― Trudy Bourgeois, Equality: Courageous Conversations About Women, Men, and Race to Spark a Diversity and Inclusion Breakthrough

“Covering,” Yoshino says, “is a strategy through which an individual downplays a known stigmatized identity to blend into the mainstream.”
― Trudy Bourgeois, Equality: Courageous Conversations About Women, Men, and Race to Spark a Diversity and Inclusion Breakthrough