That's true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing in…

Angela Davis
69 citations
That's true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing increasing numbers of black people and other people of color being thrown into a status that involves work in alternative economies and increasing numbers of people who are incarcerated. ✨ PBS Interview, www.pbs.org.
Humanity Thought Truth
9

More Author Quotes

Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root.' ✨ Angela Y. Davis (2011). Women, Culture & Politics, p.14, Vintage
I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an … ▶
My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the deman … ▶
You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.
But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life

That's true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing increasing numbers of black people and other people of color being thrown into a status that involves work in alternative economies and increasing numbers of people who are incarcerated. ✨ PBS Interview, www.pbs.org.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes