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 that was most commodifiable and when we look at the commodification of blackness we're looking at a phenomenon that's very profitable and it's connection with the rise of a black middle class I think is very obvious.
We have to look at for example the increasing globalization of capital, the whole system of transitional capitalism now which has had an impact on bl… - Angela Davis
We have to look at for example the increasing globalization of capital, the whole system of transitional capitalism now which has had an impact on bl…
- Angela Davis
Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group. They have had to understand white men, white women, and … - Angela Davis
Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group. They have had to understand white men, white women, and …
Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't. - Angela Davis
Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.
I believe profoundly in the possibilities of democracy, but democracy needs to be emancipated from capitalism. As long as we inhabit a capitalist dem… - Angela Davis
I believe profoundly in the possibilities of democracy, but democracy needs to be emancipated from capitalism. As long as we inhabit a capitalist dem…
Walls turned sideways are bridges. - Angela Davis
Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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, th… - Angela Davis
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, th…
It is important not only to have the awareness and to feel impelled to become involved, it's important that there be a forum out there to which one c… - Angela Davis
It is important not only to have the awareness and to feel impelled to become involved, it's important that there be a forum out there to which one c…
When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending… - Angela Davis
When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending…
When someone asks me about violence, I just find it incredible, because what it means is that the person who’s asking that question has absolutely no… - Angela Davis
When someone asks me about violence, I just find it incredible, because what it means is that the person who’s asking that question has absolutely no…
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