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.
ANGELA DAVISConsent needs to be present in order for it not to be considered rape. “No” means No & guys need to understand that.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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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.
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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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Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.
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I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
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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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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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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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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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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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Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
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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.
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Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
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