Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
ANGELA DAVISI think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past.
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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You can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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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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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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Progressive art can assist people to learn what’s at work in the society in which they live.
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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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I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past.
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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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I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
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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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It’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.
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Equal pay for women has always been an issue, eventhough we all know women work 10x harder than most men do.
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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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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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