#parity

Again, as a gay man I look at that and say there's a hopelessness that surrounds it, but as a human being I look at it and say 'Why? Where's this disparity coming from, and why can't we as a culture and society dig deeper to examine that?' We're terrified of facing ourselves. ↗

— Zachary Quinto

#being #coming #culture #deeper #dig

I lived with a coffee farmer called Dukale on a trip I made with World Vision to Ethiopia, and realised there's no good reason for the disparity in opportunity around the world. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#called #coffee #disparity #ethiopia #farmer

There's great disparity between who goes to college and who goes to jail. Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#between #college #defining #dies #dimension

When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last! ↗

— Billie Jean King

#athletes #dates #easily #getting #just

With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#congress #control #extremely #greater #gulf

Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions. ↗

— Steve Kerr

#areas #because #blessed #country #despite

The way corporate media likes to portray America is as a homogenous whole that high-five's each other at the Super Bowl. But what we have is a grotesque disparity between the rich and poor that is only getting wider. ↗

— Tom Morello

#between #bowl #corporate #disparity #each