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title: "1 Racist Society Quotes By Angela Y. Davis"
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> [“In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/in-a-racist-society-it-is-not-enough-to-be-non-racist-we-must-be-anti/)

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

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## More by Angela Y. Davis

> [“The process of trying to assimilate into an existing category in many ways runs counter to efforts to produce radical or revolutionary results.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/the-process-of-trying-to-assimilate-into-an-existing-category-in-many/)

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

> [“When Obama was elected president, a prisoner said “one black man in the White House doesn’t make up for one million black men in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/when-obama-was-elected-president-a-prisoner-said-one-black-man-in-the/)

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

> [“This is central to the development of feminist abolitionist theories and practices: we have to learn how to think and act and struggle against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/this-is-central-to-the-development-of-feminist-abolitionist-theories/)

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

> [“YA DA DO (Lovie Austin) Every evenin’ ’bout half past four Sweet piano playin’ near my door And turn to raggin’, you never heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/ya-da-do-lovie-austin-every-evenin-bout-half-past-four-sweet-piano/)

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

> [“Our histories never unfold in isolation. We cannot truly tell what we consider to be our own histories without knowing the other stories. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/our-histories-never-unfold-in-isolation-we-cannot-truly-tell-what-we/)

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

> [“Neoliberal ideology drives us to focus on individuals, ourselves, individual victims, individual perpetrators. But how is it possible to solve the massive problem of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/neoliberal-ideology-drives-us-to-focus-on-individuals-ourselves/)

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

> [“The majority of people who are in prison are there because society has failed them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/the-majority-of-people-who-are-in-prison-are-there-because-society/)

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

> [“What I do want people to remember is the fact that the movement around the demand for my freedom was victorious. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/what-i-do-want-people-to-remember-is-the-fact-that-the-movement/)

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

> [“In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/in-a-racist-society-it-is-not-enough-to-be-non-racist-we-must-be-anti/)

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

> [“even when police are indicted, we cannot be certain that change is on the agenda. There”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/even-when-police-are-indicted-we-cannot-be-certain-that-change-is-on/)

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

> [“the struggle for an abolitionist democracy is aspiring to create the institutions that will truly allow for a democratic society. What”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/the-struggle-for-an-abolitionist-democracy-is-aspiring-to-create-the/)

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

> [“What can we learn from women like Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday that we may not be able to learn from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/what-can-we-learn-from-women-like-gertrude-ma-rainey-bessie-smith-and/)

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

> [ “\[Prison\] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/prison-relieves-us-of-the-responsibility-of-seriously-engaging-with/)

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

> [“There is a difference between outcome and impact. Many people assume that because the encampments are gone and nothing tangible was produced, that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/there-is-a-difference-between-outcome-and-impact-many-people-assume/)

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

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