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Famous DaShanne Stokes Quotes
“Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon.”
“The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that's the minute bigotry wins.”
“If you'd combat bigotry, use honest language and call things out for what they really are.”
“We owe our loyalty to each other and to our children's children, not to party politics.”
“An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.”
“It's not conversion 'therapy;' it's conversion brainwashing.”
“Terror doesn't change people from gay to straight. It just hurts innocent people.”
“Racism is dead only to those who've closed their eyes and ears to the whole world around them.”
“Whites saying 'make America white again' is like millionaires saying 'make the wealthy rich again.”
“People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice”
“When we allow violence against some, we enable violence against all.”
“Privilege is presuming to speak for others you know nothing about.”
“It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others.”
“Privilege is not knowing that you're hurting others and not listening when they tell you.”
“Prejudice is learned. What will you teach others through your actions and words?”
“Fear is the intended result of codifying homophobia into law.”
“A fool can't help but be a fool, but when others follow, he makes a fool of us all.”
“You can't put guns in people's hands and then claim no responsibility when they murder people.”
“If your actions don't live up to your words, you have nothing to say.”
“Racism isn't just what you say, think, do, and feel. It is also what you allow.”
“Urging people to be inclusive is not an attack. It is progress.”