People turned against each other cannot turn against those responsible.
– DaShanne Stokes
Related Quotes:
- 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
- Love has turned many into poets; pain has turned many into artists; charity has turned many into pacifists, and anger has turned many into activists. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others. – DaShanne Stokes
- When we allow violence against some, we enable violence against all. – DaShanne Stokes
- Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all. – DaShanne Stokes
- An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people. – DaShanne Stokes
- If you think being straight means you’re being discriminated against, you’re probably misreading your privilege. – 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
- A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws. – DaShanne Stokes
- Leaders who do not help the people must be replaced by the people. – DaShanne Stokes
- 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
- 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
- Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it’s ‘tradition. – DaShanne Stokes
- People often call fighting discrimination being ‘PC’ because they don’t want their own unearned privileges challenged. – 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
- Others are responsible for their actions toward you, but you are responsible for your reactions. Always be considerate and kind with your actions. – Debasish Mridha
- Responsible parenting is NOT a crime. Responsible parenting is most valuable tool of our society. – Mick Karabegovic
- I am responsible for my life, my happiness, and my joy. I am responsible for my faults, which will destroy. – Debasish Mridha
- You are not responsible for anything that happens to you as a child but you are 100% responsible for your own healing. – Johnnie Dent Jr
- You are not responsible for the reader, you’re only responsible for what you are writing. – Debasish Mridha
- In a civilization when love is gone we turn to justice and when justice is gone we turn to power and when power is gone we turn to violence. – Kare Anderson
- Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That’s no way to live. – DaShanne Stokes
- Free elections don’t always result in fair elections. – DaShanne Stokes
- Those who incite violence have no business lecturing others about unity. – DaShanne Stokes
- Violence isn’t a Democrat or Republican problem. It’s an American problem, requiring an American solution. – DaShanne Stokes
- We must speak truth to power and confront ignorance with facts. – DaShanne Stokes
- Bigotry lives not just in our words, but in our actions, thoughts, and institutions. – 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
- Calling for an end to hate shouldn’t be treated as a punishable offense. – DaShanne Stokes
- Facts are threatening to those invested in fraud. – DaShanne Stokes
- Lies sound like facts to those who’ve been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth. – DaShanne Stokes
- There is nothing ‘honorable’ or ‘reasonable’ in giving a pass to those who want to discriminate. – DaShanne Stokes
- The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that’s the minute bigotry wins. – 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