The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what’s that? The freedom to starve?
ANGELA DAVISProgressive art can assist people to learn what’s at work in the society in which they live.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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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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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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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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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 decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
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Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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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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Anyway I don’t think we can rely on governments, regardless of who is in power, to do the work that only mass movements can do.
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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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