I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
ANGELA DAVISI am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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History always seems to repeat itself.
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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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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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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 know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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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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In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
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We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
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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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When 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.
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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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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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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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