Born Quote by Peter Maurer

No one says to them self - when I grow up I want to be tolerated. Ethnicity is not a choice anyone makes for…

— Jordan Blake Michiels

My parents raised me to not ever look at race or color, so it doesn't have a big part in my self-identity.

— Robert Griffin III

I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted.

— Constance Baker Motley

Sometimes my ethnicity is relevant, other times not. I definitely get the best of both worlds.

— Archie Panjabi

My parents took me to the first March on Washington, the first big march for civil rights, in '63. So I was raised in…

— Marky Ramone

As far as ethnicity, you grow up being sensitive to things around you and then become more proactive about it.

— Prefuse 73

One of the hard things coming from an immigrant family - or any family that doesn't believe in the arts - is that you…

— Jimmy O. Yang

I should not have to prove my ethnicity to anyone. I know who I am.

— Christina Aguilera

It shouldn't matter the color of your skin, the country that you come from, the religion that you practice or who you love.

— Ralph Northam

My brothers and I were raised by our parents to respect everyone regardless of background or race.

— Alan Wilson

Never allow other people to classify you based on your past and current circumstances, where you were born, your experiences, your gender, or your…

— Clemantine Wamariya

I was born in the United States, I'm proud to be an American, I'm an American first. But obviously, I'm a Chinese-American. And growing…

— Leroy Chiao