DaShanne Stokes
"Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression."
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"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
"Political correctness' as 'over-sensitivity' is code for saying the privileged shouldn't have their unearned privileges questioned."
DaShanne Stokes
"Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all."
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
"Let them have guns' is as much a solution to mass murder and gun violence as 'Let them have drugs' is a solution to drug addiction."
DaShanne Stokes
"There is nothing 'honorable' or 'reasonable' in giving a pass to those who want to discriminate."
DaShanne Stokes
"It's not 'over-sensitivity' to ask to be treated with the same dignity and respect shown to others."
DaShanne Stokes
"People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged."
DaShanne Stokes
"Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate."
DaShanne Stokes
"Adoptees deserve open records because deception and partial truths do not set us free."
DaShanne Stokes
"Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against."
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