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A review by bibliorey
When They Call You a Terrorist (Young Adult Edition): A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World by asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors
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.