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.
ANGELA DAVISWhat this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery – did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.
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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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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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History always seems to repeat itself.
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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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Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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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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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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If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
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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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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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I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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