Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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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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Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.
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The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what’s that? The freedom to starve?
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I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
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It’s my body and I have the right to do whatever I want to do with it. So does every other female on this planet.
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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step.
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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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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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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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It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
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History always seems to repeat itself.
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Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.
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Equal pay for women has always been an issue, eventhough we all know women work 10x harder than most men do.
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