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.
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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We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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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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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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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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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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Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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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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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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Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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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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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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In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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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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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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