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Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to inc

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work. – Angela Davis

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My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom. – Angela Davis

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Freedom
Author
Angela Davis
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I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late 40s and early 50s was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival. – Angela Davis

Category:
Learning
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Angela Davis
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I understand whats it like to work all week and on Friday night just want to go and leave your brain at the door, buy some popcorn and be thrilled by something. – Don Cheadle

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work

I approach love differently now that I know its hard for it to work out. – Taylor Swift

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work

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up. – Ralph Bunche

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work

Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times. – Thomas Aquinas

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