As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people’s struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.
ANGELA DAVISIn a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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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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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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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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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
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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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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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Radical simply means “grasping things at the root.
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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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