Believe Quote by Courtney A. Kemp

I grew up in Los Angeles when the racial tensions between blacks and Mexicans were very high. Gang violence was very prevalent.

— Miguel

The idea of the beauty of diversity came from just growing up where I grew up. Los Angeles is a very big city -…

— Kamasi Washington

I grew up in Los Angeles. I watched lots of television; I still watch lots of television.

— Martine Syms

At first, I didn't like coming down to Los Angeles at all. It's like, everything's black and white compared to where I live out…

— Max Thieriot

I grew up around so many different people in so many different neighborhoods, but the Latino heritage, the neighborhoods, and people have always been…

— Roy Choi

I grew up in an area that was the typical city that was a racially divided and economically segregated place. And it had a…

— Ed Kowalczyk

When I was growing up, I lived in a neighborhood that was largely Latino and I thought I was Latino!

— Meagan Good

Personally, especially as a young black woman, I didn't think that Los Angeles was a place for me to start. There's a certain type…

— Condola Rashad

New York isn't segregated the way many American cities are, where there are specific ethnic neighborhoods that don't necessarily co-exist, or they co-exist but…

— Mike D

I lived in New York City for six years, and I was always amazed at how diverse everything was.

— Michael Giacchino

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the…

— Angela Davis

I was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated.

— Don Cornelius