If you think your religion requires discrimination, you're probably misreading your faith.
~ Dashanne Stokes
Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That's no way to live.
~ Dashanne Stokes
Most unintelligent or foolish people do not regard themselves as that, they regard themselves as not-that-intelligent or not-that-wise.
~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Bigotry lives not just in our words, but in our actions, thoughts, and institutions.
~ Dashanne Stokes
If you'd combat bigotry, use honest language and call things out for what they really are.
~ Dashanne Stokes
If you can't see past my name, you can't see me.
~ Dashanne Stokes
Building bridges takes us further than building walls.
~ Dashanne Stokes
Calling for an end to hate shouldn't be treated as a punishable offense.
~ Dashanne Stokes
What does religious freedom mean if we would use it as a cover for hate and privilege?
~ Dashanne Stokes
It's terrifying to think you could become the next statistic.
~ Dashanne Stokes
Racism is dead only to those who've closed their eyes and ears to the whole world around them.
~ 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
Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.
~ Dashanne Stokes
People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.
~ 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
The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that's the minute bigotry wins.
~ Dashanne Stokes
Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others.
~ Dashanne Stokes
Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression.
~ Dashanne Stokes
Reducing a group to a slur or stereotype reduces us all.
~ Dashanne Stokes
Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next.
~ Dashanne Stokes
When we hide discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom,' we make a mockery of human rights.
~ Dashanne Stokes