Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
ANGELA DAVISRacism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it’s perhaps far more terrible than it’s ever been.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
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Radical simply means “grasping things at the root.
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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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We should seek out all the doors which still remain ajar, however slight the opening might be.
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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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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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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 for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery – did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.
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The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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Progressive art can assist people to learn what’s at work in the society in which they live.
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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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