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michaelion's review against another edition
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4.25
Raw. Emotional. Very personal. Very close to home for me on a lot of issues. I can't really sum up my feelings for this one. It was really heavy but VERY good, very well done, and gave me hope for the future.
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Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Police brutality, Classism, Racism, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Confinement, Addiction, Biphobia, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abandonment
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Genocide, and Fatphobia
amyjo29's review against another edition
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4.5
bibliorey's review against another edition
5.0
Belletrist YA Pick for #WhyNotYA November.
“We, the people.
We are not terrorists.
I am not a terrorist.
I am Patrisse Marie Khan-Cullors Brignac.
I am a survivor.
I am stardust.”
When They Call You a Terrorist is a moving memoir on how discriminated the black community has always been. Eventhough in America segregration has been long gone, racism is still something that exists and happens to POC especially black people on a daily. To read Patrisse’s story as a kid to how she co-founded an empowering movement is very eye-opening and moving. It gives you a sense of realization on how important this movement is, on how so many injustice towards POC and black people had been happening all this time and how this is the moment, the time, for all of you to fight back against this unfair discrimination.
“You, each one, are endowed with gifts you don’t even yet know, and you, each one, are what love and the possibility of a world in which our lives truly matter looks like.”
One of the most moving memoir I’ve read this year. Definitely a must read for anyone interested in the BLM movement. If you could join the movement, do it. Fight for your rights. This is the time.
“We, the people.
We are not terrorists.
I am not a terrorist.
I am Patrisse Marie Khan-Cullors Brignac.
I am a survivor.
I am stardust.”
When They Call You a Terrorist is a moving memoir on how discriminated the black community has always been. Eventhough in America segregration has been long gone, racism is still something that exists and happens to POC especially black people on a daily. To read Patrisse’s story as a kid to how she co-founded an empowering movement is very eye-opening and moving. It gives you a sense of realization on how important this movement is, on how so many injustice towards POC and black people had been happening all this time and how this is the moment, the time, for all of you to fight back against this unfair discrimination.
“You, each one, are endowed with gifts you don’t even yet know, and you, each one, are what love and the possibility of a world in which our lives truly matter looks like.”
One of the most moving memoir I’ve read this year. Definitely a must read for anyone interested in the BLM movement. If you could join the movement, do it. Fight for your rights. This is the time.
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I listened to this book through the libro.fm Educator ALC program. Overall, it was an engaging memoir with powerful reflections and listener questions. I appreciated Patrisse’s pure love for her family and the stories that she shared. I would have liked to read more about her own vulnerability and individual memories beyond those that demonstrated her responsibilities to her family and her path to creating the Black Lives Matter movement. I knew that I would not agree with everything in this book, and I do not, but I think that it was a mostly personal (rather than political) story, which made it far more engaging and less frustrating. However, there were two moments when Patrisse referenced “occupation in Palestine,” with absolutely no context and no real reason. This was the only political struggle outside of BLM that she referenced with any specificity, and I found that unnecessary and troubling.
georgiagirl1315's review against another edition
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erlynen's review against another edition
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I was expecting to hear more about BLM and not the backstory of one of it's founders. Good read but feeling burnt out on autobiographies (my fault, not the authors). Definitely worth the read. I didn't realize I read the YA version until I went to log it for good reads.
aivilo611's review against another edition
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5.0
faithgarrett's review against another edition
5.0
"We, the people. We are not terrorists. I am not a terrorist. I am Patrisse Marie Khan-Cullors Brignac. I am a survivor. I am stardust."
readingwithcoffee's review against another edition
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