Quotes by Angela Davis with history

Angela Davis

Angela Davis

American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author

Lived from: 1944 -

Category: Politics | Philosophers | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 25 january 1944

  • In a sense the quest for the emancipation of black people in the U.S. has always been a quest for economic liberation which means to a certain extent that the rise of black middle class would be inevitable.
  • We have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance.
  • If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
  • The 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.
  • We can't talk about the black community. It's no longer a homogeneous community; it was never a homogeneous community.
  • 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.
  • I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
  • Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.
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  • It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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  • There is so much history of this racist violence that simply to bring one person to justice is not going to disturb the whole racist edifice.
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