The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
ANGELA DAVISI decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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History always seems to repeat itself.
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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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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Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
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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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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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I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
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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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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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Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
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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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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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