Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.
– DaShanne Stokes
Related Quotes:
- Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it’s ‘tradition. – DaShanne Stokes
- You are either supporting the vision or supporting division – Saji Ijiyemi
- 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
- It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others. – DaShanne Stokes
- Discrimination does not ‘make America great.’ It makes America weak. – DaShanne Stokes
- People often call fighting discrimination being ‘PC’ because they don’t want their own unearned privileges challenged. – DaShanne Stokes
- 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
- 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
- Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against. – 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
- 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
- Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves. – DaShanne Stokes
- I write because it hurts.because I need it to hurt.because it hurts in the mostbeautiful way possible.(because it hurts like you) – F D Soul
- [O]ur revolt was as much against the traditional black leadership structure as it was against segregation and discrimination. – John Lewis
- 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
- If you think being straight means you’re being discriminated against, you’re probably misreading your privilege. – 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
- 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
- Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others. – DaShanne Stokes
- Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others’ rights are trampled upon. – 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
- Privilege is not knowing that you’re hurting others and not listening when they tell you. – DaShanne Stokes
- When others sit, a #StaticJedi is found standing-”even standing along, with a message not in hand but secure in heart! – Eric Samuel Timm
- We have overcome heartaches by being kind to others and by supporting each other. – Carla Reighard
- The Monster Ball is by nature a protest: A youth church experience to speak out and celebrate against all forms of discrimination + prejudice. – Lady Gaga
- blatant, intentional discrimination against women is far from being something merely to be read about in history books. – Cordelia Fine
- Do battle against prejudice and discrimination wherever you find it. – H Jackson Brown Jr
- A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence. – DaShanne Stokes
- Our democracy should aspire to be more democratic. – DaShanne Stokes
- Privilege is when your voice is the norm but still you claim to be unheard. – DaShanne Stokes
- It’s a scary world we live in when a person of color endorses a racist for president. – DaShanne Stokes