A Quote by Diane Guerrero
I am conscious of the community that I'm representing and don't play into stereotypes.
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If anybody reads an Indian newspaper, all these things are obvious, and so I am not breaking news. All I am doing is representing my community as it actually is. Also, I have to assume that readers are sophisticated enough to know that not every person in a community is the same, and so there are many people who would not force an abortion just because a fetus is female. Even within my stories, people hold opposing views.
I am representing my community, in a sense, especially given the fact that there are not as many Latino actors out there.
The initial feelings when you step into the Olympic arena representing your country, your community, representing yourself can be really overwhelming.
At the end of the day, you're representing a team, you're representing a city, you got to go out there and play.
I am not one of those people who will ever be comfortable mocking or making caricatures of the stereotypes attached to any community.
I'm not just a black man, I'm a brotha. I love my people. When I'm on the air I am fully aware that I am not just representing myself but representing us.
I am not interested in representing reality. Actually, I am interested in representing reality, but that doesn't mean a naturalistic approach, which I think is kind of impossible.
When you go out there, you're not just representing your country or the NBA: you're representing your beliefs. You want to play hard for Someone who died for you.
When representation of the LBGT community was much more scarce in the media, I think there was some kind of pressure to encapsulate an entire community in a single character - this can often be a fast track to generalization and stereotypes.
The pride I feel in representing my people, no matter where I am, is never going to diminish. I could be in Hong Kong, Singapore, Egypt or even Las Vegas, I'll always be representing my people.
The black community is my community - the LGBT community, too, and the female community. That is my community. That's me; it's who I am.
I am perfectly conscious that this contempt and hatred underlies the general tone of the community towards us, and yet when I even remotely hint at the fact that we are not a favorite people I am accused of stirring up strife and setting barriers between the two sects.
I am proud of the fact the community elected a congressman who was born and raised in the community. I am trying my best to be successful for the community.
I see stereotypes as fundamental and inescapable and not as something that is... The kind of common view is "Oh, we shouldn't think in stereotypes," and I think the reality is we can't help but think in stereotypes.
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