Top 120 DaShanne Stokes Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Adoption isn’t just a childhood experience, it’s a life-long experience.”

— DaShanne Stokes

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

— DaShanne Stokes

103. “Racism isn’t just what you say, think, do, and feel. It is also what you allow.”

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

— DaShanne Stokes

105. “Adoptees deserve open records because deception and partial truths do not set us free.”

— DaShanne Stokes

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

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

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108. “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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109. “Fear is the intended result of codifying homophobia into law.”

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110. “We cannot be a union of states if we fail to unite as people.”

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

— DaShanne Stokes

112. “Whites saying ‘make America white again’ is like millionaires saying ’make the wealthy rich again.”

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113. “People often call fighting discrimination being “PC” because they don’t want their own unearned privileges challenged.”

— DaShanne Stokes

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

— DaShanne Stokes

115. “Bigotry lives not just in our words, but in our actions, thoughts, and institutions.”

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

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

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118. “If the GOP truly cared about saving lives, they’d stop blocking gun violence research.”

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

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120. “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.”

— DaShanne Stokes

121. “People often call fighting racism being ‘PC’ when they don’t want to confront their own prejudice.”

— DaShanne Stokes

122. “The greatest gift you can give the wicked is your inaction.”

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123. “Political correctness’ as ‘over-sensitivity’ is code for saying the privileged shouldn’t have their unearned privileges questioned.”

— DaShanne Stokes

124. “It’s illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections.”

— DaShanne Stokes

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

— DaShanne Stokes

126. “Electing a bigot enables further bigotry.”

— DaShanne Stokes

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

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128. “The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that’s the minute bigotry wins.”

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129. “Laws forbidding adoptees from accessing their original birth certificates are outdated and need to be changed today.”

— DaShanne Stokes

130. “Calling for an end to hate shouldn’t be treated as a punishable offense.”

— DaShanne Stokes

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

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132. “It’s not ‘over-sensitivity’ to ask to be treated with the same dignity and respect shown to others.”

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133. “If you think being straight means you’re being discriminated against, you’re probably misreading your privilege.”

— DaShanne Stokes