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“Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.”

“If you think your religion requires discrimination, you're probably misreading your faith.”

“I was lonely, desperate, and angry. At that moment, I truly understood what it meant to be a Saudi woman. It meant being confronted with every possible kind of obstacle and discrimination. It meant being told that if you want to race with men, you’d have to do it with your hands and legs cut off. I started to wish I had been born somewhere—anywhere—else.”

“Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It's progress.”

“Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live.”

“If you can't see past my name, you can't see me.”

“If you'd combat bigotry, use honest language and call things out for what they really are.”

“Today's 'religious freedom' policies should not be seen as a problem limited to LGBT people but as a co-optation of religion that affects us all.”

“Listen to your kuya, sister. Got three type kilikili.” He raises his finger. “One, that kano armpit smell like butter, burger, dollar; two, that Chinese intsik one smell like noodles, siopao, yuan; three, that bumbay one bad smell like roti, curry, rupee. Next time, find a kano who smells like butter, burger, or dollar. Curry not good. Rupee also not good, ba.”

“People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.”

“Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.”

“If you think being straight means you're being discriminated against, you're probably misreading your privilege.”