The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Know or listen to those who know.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.