We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
ANGELA DAVISJustice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
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Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
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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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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
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Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don’t yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it’s actually going to be possible.
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I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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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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The campaign against the death penalty has been – while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.
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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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Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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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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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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