Dashanne Stokes Quotes

If you voted for a man who said "Grab em by the pussy," you have zero room to claim to protect anyone in bathrooms.

If your actions don't live up to your words, you have nothing to say.

Facts are threatening to those invested in fraud.

A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.

If you love your country, you must be willing to defend it from fraud, bigotry, and recklessness--even from a president.

You're not under attack when others gain rights and privileges you've always had.

Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next.

Amazing how eye and skin color come in many shades yet many think sexuality is just gay or straight.

Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And that change begins with coming out.

When you're dealing with frauds and liars, listen more to what they don't say than what they do.

Truth is hard, propaganda is cheap.

Love should never mean having to live in fear.

Trump didn't divide America. He just doused us with gasoline and fanned the flames.

Lies sound like facts to those who've been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth.

Blind party loyalty will be our downfall. We must follow the truth wherever it leads.

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

Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.

Leadership by deception isn't leadership. It's fraud.

A fool can't help but be a fool, but when others follow, he makes a fool of us all.

Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression.

Failing to indict a criminal sitting president sends the message that those in power are above the law.

Fascism thrives in obscurity and darkness.

When a country with less than five percent of the world's population has nearly half of the world's privately owned guns and makes up nearly a third of the world's mass shootings, it's time to stop saying guns make us safer.

Ethics and oversight are what you eliminate when you want absolute power.

Leaders who do not help the people must be replaced by the people.

People turned against each other cannot turn against those responsible.

We elected a man who knows how to build walls when we needed someone who knows how to build bridges.

P.T.S.D. doesn't make you weak. It makes you a survivor.

Standing behind predators makes prey of us all.

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

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

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

Privilege is when your voice is the norm but still you claim to be unheard.

Building bridges takes us further than building walls.

Talk without the support of action means nothing.

The power of love is that it sees all people.

Accepting fraud from our leaders means accepting fraud in our personal lives.

When we hide racism under the guise of 'humor,' we insulate white racist privilege and make a mockery of civil rights.

If guns don't kill people, why do mass killers arm themselves with guns?

Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.

Violence isn't a Democrat or Republican problem. It's an American problem, requiring an American solution.

Silencing women silences justice.

Electing a bigot enables further bigotry.

If you lay with a scorpion, don't be surprised when it finally stings you.

Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.

Those with unearned privileges often spin things as 'political correctness' to further silence those they wish to oppress.

Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and criticize others who have to fight for the things you take for granted.

If you defend free speech for bigots but not to combat bigotry, then you believe in bigotry, not free speech.

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

Same-sex marriage has not created problems for religious institutions; religious institutions have created problems for same-sex marriage.

When you've grown up mis-educated, surrounded by fear and hate, unaware of your privilege, lies can sound like the truth.

Those who benefit from unearned privilege are too often quick to discount those who don't.

Denying the popular vote is un-American and anti-democratic.

When we hide discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom,' we make a mockery of human rights.

It's not conversion 'therapy;' it's conversion brainwashing.

Saying gun control hurts our freedom is a false argument amounting to propaganda. Gun laws don't curtail freedom any more than speed limits or seat belts. You still get to drive your car and have guns, we're just trying to save lives as you do.

Those who incite violence have no business lecturing others about unity.

The more we're thrown into conflict with each other through engineered distrust, the less able we are to unite against those responsible.

Discrimination does not 'make America great.' It makes America weak.

It's a scary world we live in when a person of color endorses a racist for president.

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

Democracy doesn't mean spreading terror.

Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror.

Thoughts and prayers won't stop a speeding bullet.

Terror doesn't change people from gay to straight. It just hurts innocent people.

Resistance isn’t enough. If we want change, we have to get out the vote.

When nearly 3,000 people died on 9/11, it was enough to create massive change in our society. Over ten times as many people die from guns each year. Where is the social change?

Freedom means equality. If you don't believe in equality for all, you don't believe in freedom.

Privilege doesn't just insulate people from the consequences of their prejudice, it cuts them off from their humanity.

Don’t be a witness. Be an activist.

Truth is not determined by the number of people telling it or willing to admit to it.

Greatness is not measured by the walls we build but by the bridges.

Racism isn't just what you say, think, do, and feel. It is also what you allow.

If the GOP truly cared about saving lives, they'd stop blocking gun violence research.

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

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

Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It's progress.

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

The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that's the minute bigotry wins.

Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others.

One of the most important qualities of a president is the ability to inspire, to bring people together for the common good.

Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live.

Privilege is presuming to speak for others you know nothing about.

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

Urging people to be inclusive is not an attack. It is progress.

If you think being straight means you're being discriminated against, you're probably misreading your privilege.

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.

Political correctness' as 'over-sensitivity' is code for saying the privileged shouldn't have their unearned privileges questioned.

It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others.

Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.

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

Fear is the intended result of codifying homophobia into law.

Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That's no way to live.

If you can't see past my name, you can't see me.

If you think your religion requires discrimination, you're probably misreading your faith.

An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.

We must tell the world that even though we elected a bigot, bigotry will not prevail.

Free elections don't always result in fair elections.

If lies are more comforting to you than facts, you need to get out of your comfort zone.

We must acknowledge and take responsibility for the conflicts we have helped to create, and act to create real change. That, after all, is the true hallmark of democracy--a commitment to justice, honest self-appraisal, and action--even when it means challenging ourselves and the political institutions we hold most dear.