Progressive art can assist people to learn what’s at work in the society in which they live.
ANGELA DAVISIt’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.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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Radical simply means “grasping things at the root.
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Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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History always seems to repeat itself.
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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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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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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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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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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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You can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
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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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