Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.
– DaShanne Stokes
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- If you think being straight means you’re being discriminated against, you’re probably misreading your privilege. – DaShanne Stokes
- It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others. – DaShanne Stokes
- Privilege is when your voice is the norm but still you claim to be unheard. – DaShanne Stokes
- Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all. – 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
- Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others’ rights are trampled upon. – DaShanne Stokes
- Privilege is not knowing that you’re hurting others and not listening when they tell you. – DaShanne Stokes
- Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression. – 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
- People turned against each other cannot turn against those responsible. – DaShanne Stokes
- When we allow violence against some, we enable violence against all. – DaShanne Stokes
- Privilege doesn’t just insulate people from the consequences of their prejudice, it cuts them off from their humanity. – DaShanne Stokes
- Those who benefit from unearned privilege are too often quick to discount those who don’t. – DaShanne Stokes
- What does religious freedom mean if we would use it as a cover for hate and privilege? – DaShanne Stokes
- Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate. – DaShanne Stokes
- Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it’s ‘tradition. – DaShanne Stokes
- To positively discriminate in favour of groups that have been negatively discriminated against in the past. – Ben Elton
- When we oppose oppression, we lift our hands from the collective reins that empower such oppression. – Bryant McGill
- Mental Slavery remains the biggest form of oppression till this day. New insights or ideas is what shines freedom from such an oppression. – Unarine Ramaru
- When You’re Accustomed to Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression – Unknown
- The more we’re thrown into conflict with each other through engineered distrust, the less able we are to unite against those responsible. – DaShanne Stokes
- The world could use more love. Why deny it to others? – DaShanne Stokes
- What does love mean if we would deny it to others? – DaShanne Stokes
- Those who incite violence have no business lecturing others about unity. – DaShanne Stokes
- A fool can’t help but be a fool, but when others follow, he makes a fool of us all. – DaShanne Stokes
- Prejudice is learned. What will you teach others through your actions and words? – DaShanne Stokes
- Bigots often like to say they’re the ones being hurt as they oppress and hurt others. Never fall for the ‘pity the privileged’ routine. – DaShanne Stokes
- It’s not ‘over-sensitivity’ to ask to be treated with the same dignity and respect shown to others. – DaShanne Stokes
- Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others. – DaShanne Stokes
- You’re not under attack when others gain rights and privileges you’ve always had. – DaShanne Stokes
- Never be content to sit back and watch as others’ rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next. – DaShanne Stokes
- I will not compare myself with others, nor them with me. I will appreciate myself and others for what I and they contribute. – Gail Blanke
- 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
- A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence. – DaShanne Stokes
- Our democracy should aspire to be more democratic. – DaShanne Stokes
- It’s a scary world we live in when a person of color endorses a racist for president. – DaShanne Stokes
- Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It’s progress. – DaShanne Stokes