[lbo-talk] Angela Davis on violence

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Nov 7 07:18:35 PST 2011


On Nov 7, 2011, at 12:56 AM, Dennis Claxton quoted Angela Davis:


> I mean, that’s why when someone asks me about violence, I just I just find it incredible, because what it means is that the person who’s asking that question has absolutely no idea what black people have gone through, what black people have experienced in this country, since the time the first black person was kidnapped from the shores of Africa.

That's all true, but it doesn't address the question of whether the good guys should use violence, does it? If you just read this bit, it makes violence look like the tool of monsters.

Doug



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