Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
ANGELA DAVISI’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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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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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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Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.
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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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Radical simply means “grasping things at the root.
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You can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
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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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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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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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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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History always seems to repeat itself.
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