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Saying it's hard being straight is like complaining to the poor that it's difficult being wealthy.

Saying it’s hard being straight is like complaining to the poor that it’s difficult being wealthy.
– DaShanne Stokes

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  1. Whites saying ‘make America white again’ is like millionaires saying ‘make the wealthy rich again. – DaShanne Stokes
  2. If you think being straight means you’re being discriminated against, you’re probably misreading your privilege. – DaShanne Stokes
  3. Political correctness’ as ‘over-sensitivity’ is code for saying the privileged shouldn’t have their unearned privileges questioned. – DaShanne Stokes
  4. Saying something is ‘politically correct’ is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed. – DaShanne Stokes
  5. The secret to becoming wealthy and successful is thinking wealthy and successful! – Stephen Richards
  6. The wealthy, Jesus says, can only get into heaven through the eye of a needle; the same applies to churches wealthy in numbers and programs. – Mark Galli
  7. A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws. – DaShanne Stokes
  8. You can flip a coin to change its face, but it remains the same coin. – DaShanne Stokes
  9. O love! Poor love! How did you pierce my heart? How did touch my soul?How did you win my mind?The judgmental ever-complaining mind. – Debasish Mridha
  10. All POOR wish to become RICH,BUT all RICH wish the POOR remain POOR. – shaikh mustafa
  11. The only difference, apart from heaps of cash, between someone who is wealthy and someone who is poor is having the right mindset and attitude. – Stephen Richards
  12. Fifty year old wealthy man resents twenty five year old middle class man, without recalling that 25 years back even he was a poor man. – Amit Kalantri
  13. If you have nothing but compassion, you are still very wealthy; if you have everything but compassion, you are still very poor! – Mehmet Murat ildan
  14. Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That’s no way to live. – DaShanne Stokes
  15. A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence. – DaShanne Stokes
  16. Those who incite violence have no business lecturing others about unity. – DaShanne Stokes
  17. Violence isn’t a Democrat or Republican problem. It’s an American problem, requiring an American solution. – DaShanne Stokes
  18. Blind party loyalty will be our downfall. We must follow the truth wherever it leads. – DaShanne Stokes
  19. Our democracy should aspire to be more democratic. – DaShanne Stokes
  20. No matter their party, people with a conflict of interest should be banned from the Electoral College. – DaShanne Stokes
  21. 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. – DaShanne Stokes
  22. Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And that change begins with coming out. – DaShanne Stokes
  23. Discovering that I was adopted redefined my entire world, but it taught me that who you are doesn’t change. – DaShanne Stokes
  24. Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now. – DaShanne Stokes
  25. We must speak truth to power and confront ignorance with facts. – DaShanne Stokes
  26. Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror. – DaShanne Stokes
  27. Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it’s ‘tradition. – DaShanne Stokes
  28. Calling for an end to hate shouldn’t be treated as a punishable offense. – DaShanne Stokes
  29. What does religious freedom mean if we would use it as a cover for hate and privilege? – DaShanne Stokes
  30. Facts are threatening to those invested in fraud. – DaShanne Stokes
  31. Lies sound like facts to those who’ve been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth. – DaShanne Stokes
  32. People often call fighting discrimination being ‘PC’ because they don’t want their own unearned privileges challenged. – DaShanne Stokes
  33. There is nothing ‘honorable’ or ‘reasonable’ in giving a pass to those who want to discriminate. – DaShanne Stokes
  34. An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people. – DaShanne Stokes
  35. When we allow violence against some, we enable violence against all. – DaShanne Stokes
  36. 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
  37. The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that’s the minute bigotry wins. – DaShanne Stokes
  38. Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It’s progress. – DaShanne Stokes
  39. It’s illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections. – DaShanne Stokes
  40. Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves. – DaShanne Stokes

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