We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
ANGELA DAVISWalls turned sideways are bridges.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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History always seems to repeat itself.
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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
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You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.
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You can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
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I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
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Feminism insists on methods of thought and action that urge us to think about things together that appear to be separate, and to disaggregate things that appear to naturally belong together.
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When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.
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Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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