“ ...I fell asleep and had a dream that a king was liquidated by a group of kind faces... Maquita Donyel Irvin
“ If you love your country, you must be willing to defend it from fraud, bigotry, and recklessness--even from a president. DaShanne Stokes
“ Those who benefit from unearned privilege are too often quick to discount those who don't. DaShanne Stokes
“ I did not tell you that it would be okay, because I have never believed it would be okay. What I told you is what your grandparents tried to tell me: that this is your country, that this is your world… Ta-Nehisi Coates
“ We elected a man who knows how to build walls when we needed someone who knows how to build bridges. DaShanne Stokes
“ Bigotry lives not just in our words, but in our actions, thoughts, and institutions. DaShanne Stokes
“ Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed. DaShanne Stokes
“ You're a Black educated fool, son. These white folk have newspapers, magazines, radios, spokesmen to get their ideas across. If they want to tell the world a lie, they can tell it so well that it beco… Ralph Ellison
“ Those with unearned privileges often spin things as 'political correctness' to further silence those they wish to oppress. DaShanne Stokes
“ Yet the enslavement of Africans—over 20 percent of the population—served as the linchpin of American democracy; that is, the much-heralded stability and continuity of American democracy was predicated… Cornel West
“ Trump didn't divide America. He just doused us with gasoline and fanned the flames. DaShanne Stokes
“ It's not the fact that some people disagree with the protests. That is as much a right as the protests themselves. It is the hateful, profane, condescending way some have expressed their discontent th… Carlos Wallace
“ Pride is the problem. Everyone wants to be right so badly they overlook the "rights" of others. Carlos Wallace