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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.

Angela Davis

It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
ANGELA DAVIS

Finding Hope Optimism
I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
ANGELA DAVIS

Acceptance Change Entrepreneur Hustle Inspirational
Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
ANGELA DAVIS

Disappear Human Being Jail Prison Problem
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.
ANGELA DAVIS

Abolish Amendment Constitution Convinction Country Crime Slave
Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
ANGELA DAVIS

Equality Feminism Gender Involvement
The only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
ANGELA DAVIS

Danger Education Mind Mouth Pride Weapon Women Power
I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past.
ANGELA DAVIS

Focus Issue Past Struggle
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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Culture Issue People Politics Problem Solution True
Consent needs to be present in order for it not to be considered rape. “No” means No & guys need to understand that.
ANGELA DAVIS

Consent Consideration Feminism Guy Understand
You can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
ANGELA DAVIS

Criticism Decent Life Live People Want
You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.
ANGELA DAVIS

Act Radical Time Transformation World
Racism 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.
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Hide Perhaps Phenomena Racism Terrible
Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
ANGELA DAVIS

Existence Human Being Wisdom
The campaign against the death penalty has been – while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.
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Attempt Campaign Death Participation Penalty Powerful
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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Increase Pay Profit Racism Wealth Weapon
Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don’t yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it’s actually going to be possible.
ANGELA DAVIS

Actual Hope Justice Struggle Work

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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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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