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.
ANGELA DAVISIt is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
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Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
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We should seek out all the doors which still remain ajar, however slight the opening might be.
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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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The only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
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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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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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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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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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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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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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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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