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title: "2 History Racist Quotes By Angela Davis"
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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/there-is-so-much-history-of-this-racist-violence-that-simply-to-bring/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

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> [There is an unbroken line of police violence in the United States that takes us all the way back to the days of slavery, the aftermath of slavery, the development of the Ku Klux Klan. There is so much history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/there-is-an-unbroken-line-of-police-violence-in-the-united-states/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

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## More by Angela Davis

> [I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/i-think-in-black-communities-today-we-need-to-encourage-a-lot-more/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/well-of-course-there-s-been-a-great-deal-of-progress-over-the-last-40/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [Often young black people are looking towards the alternative economies. They are looking towards the drug economy… the economies that are going to that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/often-young-black-people-are-looking-towards-the-alternative/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/i-grew-up-in-the-southern-united-states-in-a-city-which-at-that-time/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [We have been basically persuaded that we should not talk about racism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/we-have-been-basically-persuaded-that-we-should-not-talk-about-racism/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [You can't criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/you-can-t-criticize-people-for-wanting-to-have-a-decent-life-or/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had developed around my case to create another organization, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/as-soon-as-my-trial-was-over-we-tried-to-use-the-energy-that-had/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [There is so much history of this racist violence that simply to bring one person to justice is not going to disturb the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/there-is-so-much-history-of-this-racist-violence-that-simply-to-bring/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [I’m a feminist so I believe in inhabiting contradictions. I believe in making contradictions productive, not in having to choose one side or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/i-m-a-feminist-so-i-believe-in-inhabiting-contradictions-i-believe-in/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [Kids these days are kind of going back to Tupac and Snoop Doggy Dogg as examples of people that stand for something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/kids-these-days-are-kind-of-going-back-to-tupac-and-snoop-doggy-dogg/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/prisons-do-not-disappear-social-problems-they-disappear-human-beings/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [We are never assured of justice without a fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/we-are-never-assured-of-justice-without-a-fight/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/human-beings-cannot-be-willed-and-molded-into-non-existence/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [It doesn't surprise me that aspect of the black nationalist movement, the cultural side, has triumphed because that is the aspect of the movement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/it-doesn-t-surprise-me-that-aspect-of-the-black-nationalist-movement/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

> [Walls turned sideways are bridges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/walls-turned-sideways-are-bridges/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

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