Discrimination based on skin color, sexual orientation,& gender needs to stop. We’re all humans at the end of the day.
ANGELA DAVISDiscrimination based on skin color, sexual orientation,& gender needs to stop. We’re all humans at the end of the day.
ANGELA DAVISWell for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery – did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.
ANGELA DAVISIt’s my body and I have the right to do whatever I want to do with it. So does every other female on this planet.
ANGELA DAVISI’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
ANGELA DAVISWalls turned sideways are bridges.
ANGELA DAVISImprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
ANGELA DAVISIt’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.
ANGELA DAVISThe 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 DAVISPoor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
ANGELA DAVISI never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
ANGELA DAVISWhen 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.
ANGELA DAVISTo understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
ANGELA DAVISIt is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
ANGELA DAVISRevolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.
ANGELA DAVISThe only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
ANGELA DAVISPrisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
ANGELA DAVIS