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It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.

Angela Davis

It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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Essential History Individual Work
Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
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Existence Human Being Wisdom
No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step.
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Agenda Consideration Equality Movement Seek Women
Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.
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Development Perhaps Racism Vision Women
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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Absolute Alternative Intellectual Necessity Optimistic Thinking
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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Attempt Campaign Death Participation Penalty Powerful
I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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Acceptance Change Entrepreneur Hustle Inspirational
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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Color Education Institution People Poor Prison Racism
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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Black Lives Matter Color Discrimination Gender Human Racism Sex Skin Stop
You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.
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Act Radical Time Transformation World
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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Capital Global Prison Problem Produce Racism Relieve Responsiblity Serious Society
Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it’s perhaps far more terrible than it’s ever been.
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Hide Perhaps Phenomena Racism Terrible
The only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
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Danger Education Mind Mouth Pride Weapon Women Power
It’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.
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Culture Issue People Politics Problem Solution True
I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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Abolish Function Prison Social Suggestion
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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Climb Interest Learning Particular Process Women Empowerment

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