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.
ANGELA DAVISRacism 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.
ANGELA DAVISI decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
ANGELA DAVISIn a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
ANGELA DAVISAs a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people’s struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.
ANGELA DAVISThe process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
ANGELA DAVISThe 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.
ANGELA DAVISWe know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
ANGELA DAVISI am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
ANGELA DAVISYou can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
ANGELA DAVISThe process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
ANGELA DAVISWell of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
ANGELA DAVISBlack women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.
ANGELA DAVISPoor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
ANGELA DAVISPrisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
ANGELA DAVISI’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
ANGELA DAVISThe only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
ANGELA DAVIS