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Angela Davis, quote (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
Apr 2015
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marym625
(17,997 posts)1. K&R!
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)2. !
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)3. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!
She was exactly right on. And what she said is equally valid today.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)4. K & R
mountain grammy
(27,228 posts)5. K & R
I'd give it a thousand if I could.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,313 posts)6. Niebuhr would accept that...
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)7. read both again
she turned that saying on its ear
Overseas
(12,121 posts)8. K&R.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)10. I remember...
this strong revolutionary black woman scared the shit out of white America. A slap-in-the-face wakeup call!
Angela Davis played a critical part in the political, racial and gender change to the unacceptable conditions in America.
The work goes on.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)11. She probably was as nuts as I am!
Absolutely incredible woman. Thank you!
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)12. Amazing woman.
She has written a lot about the prison-industrial complex.
When I was a kid she was whitey's worst nightmare. Whitey needed to be shaken up.
niyad
(119,657 posts)13. k and r
JEB
(4,748 posts)14. K&R
Great quote from an inspiring person.
eridani
(51,907 posts)15. ..and the wisdom
--to hide the bodies of the people I had to kill because THEY PISSED ME OFF!!!