Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it’s ‘tradition.
– DaShanne Stokes
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- Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all. – DaShanne Stokes
- People often call fighting discrimination being ‘PC’ because they don’t want their own unearned privileges challenged. – DaShanne Stokes
- Discrimination does not ‘make America great.’ It makes America weak. – DaShanne Stokes
- A claim that event horizons exist is like someone’s claim to be immortal: You would have to wait until the end of time to confirm the claim. – Seth Lloyd
- Privilege is when your voice is the norm but still you claim to be unheard. – DaShanne Stokes
- Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against. – DaShanne Stokes
- You’re sexist. I’m so sick of liberal lefty men practicing sexual discrimination under the guise of protecting women against sexual discrimination. – Gillian Flynn
- Religious discrimination is not like racial discrimination. One you choose for yourself, the other God chose for you. – Habeeb Akande
- Religious discrimination is not like racial discrimination. One you chose for yourself, the other God chose for you. – Habeeb Akande
- Clearly, naming the major figures in the tradition had become a tradition in itself. – Gregory Woods
- When you touch someone who authentically represents a tradition, you not only touch his or her tradition, you also touch your own. – Thich Nhat Hanh
- Leaders who do not help the people must be replaced by the people. – DaShanne Stokes
- A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws. – DaShanne Stokes
- You can flip a coin to change its face, but it remains the same coin. – DaShanne Stokes
- The Holiness of God is something more and other than moral perfection: His claim upon us is something more and other than the claim of moral duty. – CS Lewis
- To claim that one can never live a positive life with a negative mind is a very negative claim to make! – Criss Jami
- I don’t claim to know everything, Wally. I only claim that everything can eventually be known. – SA Tawks
- There are some days we can claim and there are other days that claim us. – Kamand Kojouri
- The power of love is that it sees all people. – DaShanne Stokes
- People think that LGBTs adopting children will hurt them, but it’s not being in loving homes that hurts children most. – DaShanne Stokes
- People turned against each other cannot turn against those responsible. – DaShanne Stokes
- One of the most important qualities of a president is the ability to inspire, to bring people together for the common good. – DaShanne Stokes
- No matter their party, people with a conflict of interest should be banned from the Electoral College. – DaShanne Stokes
- 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
- Privilege doesn’t just insulate people from the consequences of their prejudice, it cuts them off from their humanity. – DaShanne Stokes
- An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people. – DaShanne Stokes
- It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others. – DaShanne Stokes
- It’s illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections. – DaShanne Stokes
- People often call fighting racism being ‘PC’ when they don’t want to confront their own prejudice – DaShanne Stokes
- Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That’s no way to live. – DaShanne Stokes
- A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence. – DaShanne Stokes
- Our democracy should aspire to be more democratic. – DaShanne Stokes
- Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And that change begins with coming out. – DaShanne Stokes
- Discovering that I was adopted redefined my entire world, but it taught me that who you are doesn’t change. – DaShanne Stokes
- Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now. – DaShanne Stokes
- Saying it’s hard being straight is like complaining to the poor that it’s difficult being wealthy. – DaShanne Stokes
- It’s a scary world we live in when a person of color endorses a racist for president. – DaShanne Stokes
- Lies sound like facts to those who’ve been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth. – DaShanne Stokes
- Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It’s progress. – DaShanne Stokes
- Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves. – DaShanne Stokes