DaShanne Stokes

DaShanne Stokes

"If the system were designed to protect adoptees, why do so many have to fight for their rights?"
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"If the system were designed to protect adoptees, why do so many have to fight for their rights?"
DaShanne Stokes
"Don’t be a witness. Be an activist."
DaShanne Stokes
"Adoptee rights are everyone's rights, and they deserve to be protected."
DaShanne Stokes
"Silencing women silences justice."
DaShanne Stokes
"Removing the finish line is a useful tactic if your goal is to just keep running the race."
DaShanne Stokes
"When we hide discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom,' we make a mockery of human rights."
DaShanne Stokes
"Privilege is presuming to speak for others you know nothing about."
DaShanne Stokes
"Amazing how eye and skin color come in many shades yet many think sexuality is just gay or straight."
DaShanne Stokes
"Terror doesn't change people from gay to straight. It just hurts innocent people."
DaShanne Stokes
"Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves."
DaShanne Stokes
"People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice"
DaShanne Stokes
"Political correctness' as 'over-sensitivity' is code for saying the privileged shouldn't have their unearned privileges questioned."
DaShanne Stokes
"Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression."
DaShanne Stokes
"Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others."
DaShanne Stokes
"The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that's the minute bigotry wins."
DaShanne Stokes
"Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed."
DaShanne Stokes
"It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others."
DaShanne Stokes
"Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and criticize others who have to fight for the things you take for granted."
DaShanne Stokes
"Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next."
DaShanne Stokes
"Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all."
DaShanne Stokes
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