Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo – obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.
ANGELA DAVISIt is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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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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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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I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past.
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No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step.
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Revolution 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.
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Equal pay for women has always been an issue, eventhough we all know women work 10x harder than most men 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 know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
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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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