I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
ANGELA DAVISConsent needs to be present in order for it not to be considered rape. “No” means No & guys need to understand that.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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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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We should seek out all the doors which still remain ajar, however slight the opening might be.
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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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I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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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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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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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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Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo – obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.
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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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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
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I don’t think we have any alternative other than remaining optimistic. Optimism is an absolute necessity, even if it’s only optimism of the will, as Gramsci said, and pessimism of the intellect.
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