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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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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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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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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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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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History always seems to repeat itself.
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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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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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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.
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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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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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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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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.
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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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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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I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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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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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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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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It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
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