We cannot assume that people by virtue of the fact that they are black are going to associate themselves with progressive political struggles. We need to divest ourselves the kinds of strategies that assume that black unity black political unity is possible.
Angela DavisWe can't talk about the black community. It's no longer a homogeneous community; it was never a homogeneous community.
Angela Davisin this society, dominated as it is by the profit-seeking ventures of monopoly corporations, health has been callously transformed into a commodity - a commodity that those with means are able to afford, but that is too often entirely beyond the reach of others.
Angela DavisI can't really blame a lot of young sisters and brothers who believe that education has anything to offer them. Because as a matter of fact, it has nothing to offer them. Suppose they do get a high school diploma that is meaningful. What kind of job is awaiting them. The jobs that used to be available to working class people are not there as a result of the de-industrialization of this economy.
Angela DavisThe prison is not the only institution that has posed complex challenges to the people who have lived with it and have become so inured to its presence that they could not conยญceive of society without it. Within the history of the United States the system of slavery immediately comes to mind.
Angela Davis