“To say that because of someone's heritage or their ethnicity that they...” — Bill Haslam Quote

“To say that because of someone's heritage or their ethnicity that they are unable to provide fair judgement is just wrong. It's just not how the judicial system works in our country and not how it ever can work.”

“Let's bear down on what we can do together: keeping Tennessee a state with a strong financial condition, helping Tennessee be the number one location in the Southeast for higher-quality jobs. And making certain that all Tennesseans, regardless of their circumstances, have an opportunity for higher-quality education.”

“For black people, everything we do has to be ratified and endorsed by a power structure that is white. And that reinforces a kind of racial hierarchy where whiteness is the privileged position to be in, and ethnicity is problematic.”

“I am a very particular and peculiar ethnicity. Southern European, Italians - they never fit in models.”

“I personally am going to look for stuff that interests me and either has very little to do or has the right thing to do with my ethnicity.”