We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
ANGELA DAVISWhen 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.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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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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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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Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
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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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Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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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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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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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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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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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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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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