“You don't need to belong to any particular class or ethnicity to be a nerd, but some ethnic stereotypes are nerdier than others.”

“The state does not oppose the freedom of people to express their particular cultural attachments, but nor does it nurture such expression—rather [...] it responds with 'benign neglect' [....] The members of ethnic and national groups are protected against discrimination and prejudice, and they are free to maintain whatever part of their ethnic heritage or identity they wish, consistent with the rights of others. But their efforts are purely private, and it is not the place of public agencies to attach legal identities or disabilities to cultural membership or ethnic identity. This separation of state and ethnicity precludes any legal or governmental recognition of ethnic groups, or any use of ethnic criteria in the distribution of rights, resources, and duties.”

“Television, I'm afraid, has isolated us more than race, class, or ethnicity.”

“We need a new, deeper appreciation of the ethnic histories of the American people, not a reduction of American history to ethnic histories.”

“This country, the Republic of Indonesia, does not belong to any group, nor to any religion, nor to any ethnic group, nor to any group with customs and traditions, but the property of all of us from Sabang to Merauke!”

“A man's ethnic identity has more to do with a personal awareness than with geography.”