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.
ANGELA DAVISThe only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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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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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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Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don’t yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it’s actually going to be possible.
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Consent needs to be present in order for it not to be considered rape. “No” means No & guys need to understand that.
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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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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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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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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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In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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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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Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.
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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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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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