DaShanne Stokes Quotes

#1. Don't be a witness. Be an activist.

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#2. When we allow violence against some, we enable violence against all.

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#3. The power of love is that it sees all people

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#4. Blood can help make family, but family often transcends blood.

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#5. Our democracy should aspire to be more democratic.

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#6. Laws forbidding adoptees from accessing their original birth certificates are outdated and need to be changed today.

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#7. I've fought for religious freedom and I can tell you that anti-gay 'religious freedom' bills aren't it.

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#8. Whites saying 'make America white again' is like millionaires saying 'make the wealthy rich again.

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#9. What does love mean if we would deny it to others?

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#10. 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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#11. Reducing a group to a slur or stereotype reduces us all.

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#12. Prejudice is learned. What will you teach others through your actions and words?

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#13. Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression.

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#14. Love should never mean having to live in fear.

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#15. Adoption isn't just a childhood experience, it's a life-long experience.

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#16. The world could use more love. Why deny it to others?

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#17. You can flip a coin to change its face, but it remains the same coin.

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#18. We must speak truth to power and confront ignorance with facts.

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#19. Privilege is not knowing that you're hurting others and not listening when they tell you.

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#20. People think that LGBTs adopting children will hurt them, but it's not being in loving homes that hurts children most.

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#21. Calling for an end to hate shouldn't be treated as a punishable offense.

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#22. Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves.

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#23. Adoptee rights are everyone's rights, and they deserve to be protected.

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#24. Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it's tradition.

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#25. What does religious freedom mean if we would use it as a cover for hate and privilege?

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#26. What matters most is not 'what' you are, but 'who' you are.

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#27. People often call fighting discrimination being "PC" because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.

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