Radical simply means “grasping things at the root.
ANGELA DAVISRadical simply means “grasping things at the root.
ANGELA DAVISI decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
ANGELA DAVISWhat this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
ANGELA DAVISDiscrimination based on skin color, sexual orientation,& gender needs to stop. We’re all humans at the end of the day.
ANGELA DAVISIn a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
ANGELA DAVISIt’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 DAVISIt is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
ANGELA DAVISWalls turned sideways are bridges.
ANGELA DAVISI’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
ANGELA DAVISYou have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.
ANGELA DAVISRevolution 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.
ANGELA DAVISWhen 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.
ANGELA DAVISIf we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
ANGELA DAVISPrison relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.
ANGELA DAVISIf they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
ANGELA DAVISJustice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
ANGELA DAVIS