DaShanne Stokes
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Biography
DaShanne Stokes is an author, sociologist, public speaker and pundit. He speaks on politics, culture, and civil rights and is known as a progressive activist.
"Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate."
"People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged."
"If your actions don't live up to your words, you have nothing to say."
"If you truly have faith in your convictions, then your convictions should be able to stand criticism and testing."
"If you think your religion requires discrimination, you're probably misreading your faith."
"When you've grown up mis-educated, surrounded by fear and hate, unaware of your privilege, lies can sound like the truth."
"Blood can help make family, but family often transcends blood."
"Same-sex marriage has not created problems for religious institutions religious institutions have created problems for same-sex marriage."
"The more we're thrown into conflict with each other through engineered distrust, the less able we are to unite against those responsible."
"Democracy doesn't mean spreading terror."
"Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That's no way to live."
"Fear is the intended result of codifying homophobia into law."
"Love should never mean having to live in fear."
"The power of love is that it sees all people."
"The world could use more love. Why deny it to others?"
"People think that LGBTs adopting children will hurt them, but it's not being in loving homes that hurts children most."
"What does love mean if we would deny it to others?"
"People turned against each other cannot turn against those responsible."
"Freedom means equality. If you don't believe in equality for all, you don't believe in freedom."
"Free elections don't always result in fair elections."
"An institution rooted in slavery can never set us free."
"Discrimination does not 'make America great.' It makes America weak."
"A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws."
"Failing to indict a criminal sitting president sends the message that those in power are above the law."
"A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence."