"I wasn't born in this country. I didn't grow up in any one particular religion. I have a mixed race background. And I'm gay."
"Now let me introduce to you my team: Disabled Ethnic, Teenage Poofter, and Woman. Don't talk to them, they're just here to tick boxes."
—The TV Exec, That Mitchell and Webb Look
"The ideal quango appointee is a Black Welsh disabled woman trades unionist. We're all looking for one of them. You don't happen to know any one, do you?"
"I'm black. I'm Jewish. I'm Puerto Rican. When I move into a neighborhood I wipe it out."
"Handicap? Talk about handicap. I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew."
— Sammy Davis Jr., when asked what his handicap was while golfing
[My employer] had to shape up their employment practices to keep this Defense contract. They managed to pack six women, two blacks, two chicanos, an oriental, a paraplegic and me into a total of eight hirings. We all count in at least two categories, you see.
— Reba McClane (blind and female), Red Dragon
Stephen Colbert: On stage, the Democrats trotted out every race, creed, color, sex, and identity, and that's just congressional candidate Tammy Duckworthnote ..
Tammy Duckworth: (from video clip) My name is Tammy Duckworth. ... My father served in the Army and the Marine Corps. ... My mom is Thai and Chinese. ... I became one of the first Army women to fly combat missions in Iraq.
Colbert: Duckworth: Female, Disabled, Thai, Chinese, and a Veteran? That's not a convention speaker, that's Diversity Voltron!
— The Colbert Report, about the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Christopher Titus: (to his young daughter) There's a lady newscaster. Look, see, she's black, Asian, Latino, and a woman. I think that's because corporate America doesn't seem to like to hire a lot of minorities, so they try to hire all their minorities in one.
— The Fifth Annual End of the World Tour
Maurice Hurley: Geordie LaForge here is going to be an interesting addition. He wears this gold thing on his eyes because he's—
Rick Berman: —Gay!
Maurice Hurley: ...Because he's blind.
Rick Berman: ...Uh, I don't know. Gay and blind? And black? Seems a bit like a politically correct value pack.
Maurice Hurley: We weren't actually planning—
Rick Berman: Well you really should have! You can have gay or you can have blind, but not gay and blind! [beat] Not unless you make him be the Klingon and have Dorn be the show's black guy.
Maurice Hurley: We're not talking about making a character to be "the black guy".
Rick Berman: Well you better! You don't want to leave them out or everyone will think we don't want them on the show.
Maurice Hurley: W-we don't need to single out the fact that they're black!
Rick Berman: Why not? You seem fine putting that thing on Kunta Kinte so everybody knows he's gay!
Maurice Hurley: He doesn't wear it because he's gay, he wears it because he's blind!
Rick Berman: Gay, blind, the point is you put that on his face so everyone knows he's a freak.
Maurice Hurley: He wears that because it helps him see!
(beat)
Rick Berman: ...So he puts that on and he stops being blind?
Maurice Hurley: Yes!
(beat)
Rick Berman: ...Does he stop being black too? Because we need a ship black guy.
Rick Berman: —Gay!
Maurice Hurley: ...Because he's blind.
Rick Berman: ...Uh, I don't know. Gay and blind? And black? Seems a bit like a politically correct value pack.
Maurice Hurley: We weren't actually planning—
Rick Berman: Well you really should have! You can have gay or you can have blind, but not gay and blind! [beat] Not unless you make him be the Klingon and have Dorn be the show's black guy.
Maurice Hurley: We're not talking about making a character to be "the black guy".
Rick Berman: Well you better! You don't want to leave them out or everyone will think we don't want them on the show.
Maurice Hurley: W-we don't need to single out the fact that they're black!
Rick Berman: Why not? You seem fine putting that thing on Kunta Kinte so everybody knows he's gay!
Maurice Hurley: He doesn't wear it because he's gay, he wears it because he's blind!
Rick Berman: Gay, blind, the point is you put that on his face so everyone knows he's a freak.
Maurice Hurley: He wears that because it helps him see!
(beat)
Rick Berman: ...So he puts that on and he stops being blind?
Maurice Hurley: Yes!
(beat)
Rick Berman: ...Does he stop being black too? Because we need a ship black guy.
— SF Debris, on the rumor that Geordi La Forge was originally meant to be gay
"I am standing on this stage, my guitar is a gun,
And I'm one pissed-off rock-n-roll dyke nigga bitch,
And you better start to run."
—Doria Roberts, "Moment of Silence"
"I am a black gay woman. The only way the GOP could hate me more is if I took a picture rolling in a pile of welfare checks."
Phillip: Why are you so worried about {coming out as pansexual}?
Rory: I dunno. I mean, I don't know how people will react.
Phillip: Well, none of our friends are going to care.
Rory: How do you know for sure? I mean, I hope they won't. It's just scary. There are people who are going to hate me just because of who I am. I know it. And worse yet, they might be people I really like... and I just realized I'm explaining people being hateful to someone who's Latino and Jewish.
Philip: Yeah, my existence is helping a lot of people finish up their bigot bingo cards.
Rory: I dunno. I mean, I don't know how people will react.
Phillip: Well, none of our friends are going to care.
Rory: How do you know for sure? I mean, I hope they won't. It's just scary. There are people who are going to hate me just because of who I am. I know it. And worse yet, they might be people I really like... and I just realized I'm explaining people being hateful to someone who's Latino and Jewish.
Philip: Yeah, my existence is helping a lot of people finish up their bigot bingo cards.
Lily: You like me right?
Amy: Of course, but you're not a weirdo.
Lily: Oh, really? Try being a nerdy, bi black girl growing up in rural Wisconsin. I was Weirdo City.
Amy: Of course, but you're not a weirdo.
Lily: Oh, really? Try being a nerdy, bi black girl growing up in rural Wisconsin. I was Weirdo City.
[Sorey] was no stranger to discrimination and shunning simply due to who he was, his being autistic, or being gay. The fact that he was both only made him feel more like he had a giant red target on his back.
I’m a Black Scottish cyclops. They got more [extended Sound-Effect Bleep] than they do the likes o’ me!
—The Demoman, Team Fortress 2
"All my life I've been hated by white people for being black, black people for being gay, and gay people for being fem. Did I let that stop me from getting to this chair?!"
David has a mommy and a daddy and two brothers and a sister, all of whom were adopted, and one of them uses a wheelchair. Like he hit the token minority lottery.
Nathan: Donna, you don’t know her! You don’t know anything! Cos you’re straight! Right? You’re part of the system! Right? You’re part of the fascist heterosexual orthodoxy!
Donna: I’m black. And I’m a girl. Try that for a week.
