Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
ANGELA DAVISImprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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The only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
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Prison relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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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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I don’t think we have any alternative other than remaining optimistic. Optimism is an absolute necessity, even if it’s only optimism of the will, as Gramsci said, and pessimism of the intellect.
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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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Radical simply means “grasping things at the root.
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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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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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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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History always seems to repeat itself.
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We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
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Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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