Never be content to sit back and watch as others’ rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next.
– DaShanne Stokes
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- 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
- 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
- Art lives upon discussion, upon experiment, upon curiosity, upon variety of attempt, upon the exchange of views and the comparison of standpoints. – Henry James
- It’s illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections. – DaShanne Stokes
- If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- 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
- It’s terrifying to think you could become the next statistic. – DaShanne Stokes
- Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch. – Jane Austen
- For good health, watch what you eat. For a good head, watch what you watch. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- 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
- Are you going to sit or are you afraid I’ll suck your blood?--œNo, I am not afraid.--œThen come sit next to me.- ~ Trent and Kiara: Scarred – Amanda Leigh
- We were despised and trampled upon but the Lord lifted us. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon – Walter Scott
- Be warned: A person content to sit with you and criticize others will speak critically of you out of earshot. – Richelle E Goodrich
- 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
- Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against. – DaShanne Stokes
- It’s not ‘over-sensitivity’ to ask to be treated with the same dignity and respect shown to others. – DaShanne Stokes
- It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others. – DaShanne Stokes
- Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all. – DaShanne Stokes
- Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others. – DaShanne Stokes
- Privilege is not knowing that you’re hurting others and not listening when they tell you. – DaShanne Stokes
- What is next to ecstasy?Pain.What is next to pain?Nothingness.What is next to nothingness?Hell. – Umera Ahmed
- Love should never mean having to live in fear. – DaShanne Stokes
- An institution rooted in slavery can never set us free. – DaShanne Stokes
- It’s not about the content we are creating but how much content our customers are creating for us. – Roger James Hamilton
- If there are people at once rich and content, be assured that they are content because they know how to be so, not because they are rich – Charles Wagner
- Nonviolence simply cannot defend property rights over human rights. – David T Dellinger
- The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more: women, their rights and nothing less. – Susan B Anthony
- Rights and duties, sounded more entertaining than duties and rights. – Toba Beta
- It was not that low-income renters didn’t know their rights. They just knew those rights would cost them. – Matthew Desmond
- Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights). – Robert Nozick
- A woman should have not only equal rights but much more rights than men because she is our sacred and beloved mother. – Debasish Mridha
- A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence. – 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