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Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don’t yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it’s actually going to be possible.

Angela Davis

It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
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Finding Hope Optimism
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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Consent Consideration Feminism Guy Understand
Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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Prison Problem Response Social
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
When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.
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Children Development Discipline Intellectual Knowledge Prison School Security Value
I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past.
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Focus Issue Past Struggle
I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
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Acceptance Diversity Hard Time Justice Strategy Synonym
In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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Enough Feminism Racism Society
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
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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Function Men Relationship Society Understand Women
I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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Black Lives Matter Community Encouragement Radical
You can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
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Criticism Decent Life Live People Want
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?
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Food Freedom Ideas Politics Sense Starve
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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Increase Pay Profit Racism Wealth Weapon
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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Feminism Liberty Mind Society Talk

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