I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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?
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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History always seems to repeat itself.
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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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Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
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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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If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
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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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In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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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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Radical simply means “grasping things at the root.
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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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Progressive art can assist people to learn what’s at work in the society in which they live.
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It’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.
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