Abolitionist Quote by 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 that which is ideologically constituted as "normal".” quote by Angela Y. Davis — Download Open image

““This is central to the development of feminist abolitionist theories and practices: we have to learn how to think and act and struggle against that which is ideologically constituted as "normal".””

Angela Y. Davis

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“YA DA DO (Lovie Austin) Every evenin’ ’bout half past four Sweet piano playin’ near my door And turn to raggin’, you never heard such blues before There’s a pretty little thing they play It’s very short, but folks all say “Oh, it’s a-pickin’,” when they start to want to cry for more I don’t know the name, but it’s…

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“Neoliberal ideology drives us to focus on individuals, ourselves, individual victims, individual perpetrators. But how is it possible to solve the massive problem of…

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“The majority of people who are in prison are there because society has failed them.”

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“What I do want people to remember is the fact that the movement around the demand for my freedom was victorious. It was a…

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“In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.”

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“even when police are indicted, we cannot be certain that change is on the agenda. There”

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“the struggle for an abolitionist democracy is aspiring to create the institutions that will truly allow for a democratic society. What”

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“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.”

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