The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
ANGELA DAVISWell for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery – did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
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The campaign against the death penalty has been – while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.
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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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Discrimination based on skin color, sexual orientation,& gender needs to stop. We’re all humans at the end of the day.
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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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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past.
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Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it’s perhaps far more terrible than it’s ever been.
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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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If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
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Progressive art can assist people to learn what’s at work in the society in which they live.
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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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Prison relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.
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It’s true that it’s within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it’s not going to solve the problems.
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