Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
ANGELA DAVISPrisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
ANGELA DAVISIt’s my body and I have the right to do whatever I want to do with it. So does every other female on this planet.
ANGELA DAVISEqual pay for women has always been an issue, eventhough we all know women work 10x harder than most men do.
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 DAVISRacism, 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.
ANGELA DAVISWe live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
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 DAVISI think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past.
ANGELA DAVISAs a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people’s struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.
ANGELA DAVISIn a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
ANGELA DAVISThe only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
ANGELA DAVISWe know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
ANGELA DAVISIf we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
ANGELA DAVISIf they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
ANGELA DAVISThe process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
ANGELA DAVISTo understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
ANGELA DAVIS