You can teach someone with basic smarts to be smarter; you can't teach cultural fit or personality. But you also want someone who has a passion to win; someone that is all in.
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As citizens, I'm asking you not to leave any child behind. I'm asking you not to be color blind, but to be color brave, so that every child knows that their future matters and their dreams are possible.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote encourages citizens to support all children, recognizing the importance of diversity and inclusivity for their futures.
Mellody Hobson's quote emphasizes the responsibility of society to ensure that no child feels neglected or marginalized due to race or background. By urging individuals to be 'color brave,' she advocates for active engagement in fostering an environment where every child, regardless of their ethnic or racial identity, feels valued and empowered to pursue their dreams. This message highlights the collective duty to challenge biases and promote inclusivity for the betterment of all.
Themes
ChildrenInclusivityDiversityFutureColor Brave
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech at a community event focused on youth empowerment.
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All quotes →Observe your environment. Invite people into your life that don't look like you or think like you
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Black women have a kind of advantage over white women in the workplace. They go in prepared to face some discrimination, so when it happens, they aren't shocked.
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I can't tell you how many resumes we get from business schools across the country from black women and black men and Hispanic women, men, etcetera, who say I'm interested in working for your company because they can see someone at the top who looks like them.
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The way I go about it is that we should all be inviting people into our lives who don't look like us, speak like us and don't come from where we come from.
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Now, race is one of those topics in America that makes people extraordinarily uncomfortable. You bring it up at a dinner party or in a workplace environment, it is literally the conversational equivalent of touching the third rail.
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