I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
ANGELA DAVISI never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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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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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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If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
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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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Feminism insists on methods of thought and action that urge us to think about things together that appear to be separate, and to disaggregate things that appear to naturally belong together.
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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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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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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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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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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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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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