DaShanne Stokes Quotes

If the system were designed to protect adoptees, why do so many have to fight for their rights?
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Don’t be a witness. Be an activist.
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Adoptee rights are everyone's rights, and they deserve to be protected.
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Silencing women silences justice.
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Removing the finish line is a useful tactic if your goal is to just keep running the race.
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When we hide discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom,' we make a mockery of human rights.
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Privilege is presuming to speak for others you know nothing about.
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Amazing how eye and skin color come in many shades yet many think sexuality is just gay or straight.
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Terror doesn't change people from gay to straight. It just hurts innocent people.
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People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice
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Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves.
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Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression.
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Reducing a group to a slur or stereotype reduces us all.
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Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It's progress.
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It's illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections.
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Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon.
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You're not under attack when others gain rights and privileges you've always had.
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Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next.
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Privilege is not knowing that you're hurting others and not listening when they tell you.
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We must tell the world that even though we elected a bigot, bigotry will not prevail.
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Whites saying 'make America white again' is like millionaires saying 'make the wealthy rich again.
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The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that's the minute bigotry wins.
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Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others.
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Political correctness' as 'over-sensitivity' is code for saying the privileged shouldn't have their unearned privileges questioned.
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Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.
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It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others.
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Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.
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Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and criticize others who have to fight for the things you take for granted.
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Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live.
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Let them have guns' is as much a solution to mass murder and gun violence as 'Let them have drugs' is a solution to drug addiction.
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When we allow violence against some, we enable violence against all.
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An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.
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Adoption isn't just a childhood experience, it's a life-long experience.
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There is nothing 'honorable' or 'reasonable' in giving a pass to those who want to discriminate.
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It's not 'over-sensitivity' to ask to be treated with the same dignity and respect shown to others.
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People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.
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Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.
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What matters most is not 'what' you are, but 'who' you are.
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Adoptees deserve open records because deception and partial truths do not set us free.
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Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.
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Lies sound like facts to those who've been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth.
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Facts are threatening to those invested in fraud.
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Racism is dead only to those who've closed their eyes and ears to the whole world around them.
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It's terrifying to think you could become the next statistic.
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If you love your country, you must be willing to defend it from fraud, bigotry, and recklessness--even from a president.
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Trump didn't divide America. He just doused us with gasoline and fanned the flames.
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Building bridges takes us further than building walls.
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It's a scary world we live in when a person of color endorses a racist for president.
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Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it's 'tradition.
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Calling for an end to hate shouldn't be treated as a punishable offense.
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What does religious freedom mean if we would use it as a cover for hate and privilege?
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Bigotry that is known and visible is bigotry that can be challenged.
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If you defend free speech for bigots but not to combat bigotry, then you believe in bigotry, not free speech.
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Privilege is when your voice is the norm but still you claim to be unheard.
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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.
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If you can't see past my name, you can't see me.
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Those who benefit from unearned privilege are too often quick to discount those who don't.
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Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror.
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Saying it's hard being straight is like complaining to the poor that it's difficult being wealthy.
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Persecution complexes are reaffirming to those who benefit from unearned privileges.
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