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Mi primer acercamiento a Angela Davis y siento que aún lo estoy digiriendo. En esta colección de ensayos, Davis habla sobre la importancia de mantener la libertad de pensamiento y de acción y de cuestionar el status quo que, con frecuencia, está determinado por hombres, blancos y occidentales. La autora comparte también muchas de sus vivencias personales, sus desencuentros con la autoridad y como, para una persona negra, las acusaciones y la persecución serán siempre una constante -como el caso de una activista estadounidense que fue encarcelada, liberada, se exilió en Cuba y años después, el FBI la pone en la lista de terroristas más buscados. Davis argumenta que en sistemas opresivos, la libertad no puede darse por hecho -siempre estará amenazada y quienes podemos alzar la voz debemos hacerlo, por nosotros y por los demás. Davis inició su activismo en la década de los setenta y sin duda, textos como éste deberían ser obligatorios, ante un mundo que parece olvidar lo débil de nuestras libertad y vida.

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ms_mitchell's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

This is a very political book dealing with intersectionality. I don't agree with everything she says, but I respect her and especially how much she updated her attitudes with the times particularly in terms of gender. She is the the exact opposite of the "Ok, Boomer". .

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mari1532's review

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

I listened to the audiobook with my audible subscription (while I still had it) although I own a copy of the ebook.

Brief Synopsis: This book is a compilation of speeches and talks given by Dr. Davis covering themes related to collective liberation

Thoughts: I read this book several weeks ago and there hasn't been a day since that I haven't thought about this book in some way. I think that it should be required reading and has directed me to seek out other reading and organizations.

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booksandteatime's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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bashsbooks's review

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

This book is incredible - I am going to need my own copy to review and annotate. There were so many different important points that Davis made that I would like to note down, so many quotes that I would like to let mull in my brain, so many connections that are extremely relevant in our current moment - even though most of this text was written around a decade ago. Some key points that resonated with me quite a bit (and that kept coming up) were: the distinction between civil rights and freedom, the idea of what a terrorist is (and the political slant inherent in that word), the way that collectives of black women have long been a force of change in this country, and how to build an international struggle and get people relating to problems that seem abstract and far away.

If I were only reviewing the text, this would easily be 5 stars. But since I listened to it as an audiobook, I feel like I should point out that the interview section is a bit confusing because it is ALL read by Davis, and sometimes it's difficult to tell when she is reading the interviewer's questions versus her own answers.

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