In 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.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
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I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
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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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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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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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Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery – did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.
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History always seems to repeat itself.
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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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Equal pay for women has always been an issue, eventhough we all know women work 10x harder than most men do.
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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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I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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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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