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erezbalvanonyiske's review
5.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Pedophilia, Racism, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Torture, and Sexual assault
joezapps's review
5.0
Assata Shakur does this with pinpoint precision, does not mince her words once, but brings simultaneously such empathy and humor. It's a rare text that illuminates the love and care in revolutionary movements. Specifically shedding the preconceived notions from the state & media about the Black Panthers & Black Liberation Movement, but also notes criticism to how the movements fell apart (though the blame is mainly rested on COINTELPRO as it should be).
This is an essential text I believe, and one I will be returning to often. What may bring me back the most, is the incredible poetry scattered throughout, the opening poem in particular.
Graphic: Police brutality and Racism
Moderate: Sexual assault
peachblossomreads's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Sexual assault
cadybooks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Rape, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Grief, Kidnapping, Body horror, Colonisation, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Abortion
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Police brutality and Sexual assault
Minor: Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Alcohol, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, and Racism
attempted gang rapedoomluz's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Torture, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Confinement
Moderate: Sexual assault and Misogyny
nashxra's review
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Racism, and Pregnancy
gwimo's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault
sumactots99's review
5.0
“I guess i hummed the Blues too early, and spent too many midnights wailing to the rain,” (p.159)
“I want to be real,” (‘culture,’ p. 154).
“I mean, after the chains that get entangled in the grey of one’s matter, after the bars get stuck in the hearts of men and women, what’ is left?” (‘Leftovers— What Is Left,’ p. 146).
“Nobody in the world. Nobody in history has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them,” (p. 139).
“White people’s fear of Black people with guns will never cease to amaze me. Probably because they think about what they would do were they in our place. Especially the police, who have done so much dirt to Black people. When Black people seriously organize and take up arms to fight for our liberation, there will be a lot of white people who will drop dead from no other reason than their own guilt and fear,” (p. 65).
“They can see in your eyes a thousand nightmares that they have made come true,” (‘Rhinoceros Woman,’ p. 63)
“The schools we go to are reflections of the society that created them. Nobody is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will set you free,” (p. 181).
“My roots run deep. I have been nourished well,” (‘momma,’ p. 194).
“It crosses my mind: i want to win. I don’t want to rebel, i want to win,” (p.195).
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
tmiller99's review
5.0
Minor: Racism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Police brutality