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 DAVIS HidePerhapsPhenomenaRacismTerrible
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women. ANGELA DAVIS FunctionMenRelationshipSocietyUnderstandWomen
The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb. ANGELA DAVIS ClimbInterestLearningParticularProcessWomen Empowerment
I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively. ANGELA DAVIS ActicityDecisionInvolvementPersonPhilosophyStudyTeaching
In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist. ANGELA DAVIS EnoughFeminismRacismSociety
I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing. ANGELA DAVIS Black Lives MatterCommunityEncouragementRadical
You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time. ANGELA DAVIS ActRadicalTimeTransformationWorld
You can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently. ANGELA DAVIS CriticismDecentLifeLivePeopleWant
No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step. ANGELA DAVIS AgendaConsiderationEqualityMovementSeekWomen
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. ANGELA DAVIS ActualHopeJusticeStruggleWork
Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings. ANGELA DAVIS DisappearHuman BeingJailPrisonProblem
Progressive art can assist people to learn what’s at work in the society in which they live. ANGELA DAVIS ArtAssistanceLivePeopleProgressWork
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society. ANGELA DAVIS FeminismLibertyMindSocietyTalk
It’s my body and I have the right to do whatever I want to do with it. So does every other female on this planet. ANGELA DAVIS BodyFemalePlanetWomen Rights
I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past. ANGELA DAVIS FocusIssuePastStruggle
It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism. ANGELA DAVIS FindingHopeOptimism
We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia ANGELA DAVIS DependLivePublicSociety
If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions. ANGELA DAVIS ActionBlack Lives MatterDirectionMisleadRacism
If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night. ANGELA DAVIS FeminismMorningNight
Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t. ANGELA DAVIS CivilDecisionJusticeRights
I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept. ANGELA DAVIS AcceptanceChangeEntrepreneurHustleInspirational
I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons. ANGELA DAVIS AbolishFunctionPrisonSocialSuggestion
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. ANGELA DAVIS AbolishAmendmentConstitutionConvinctionCountryCrimeSlave
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 DAVIS IncreasePayProfitRacismWealthWeapon
