“The schools we go to are a reflection 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 your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that knowledge will help set you free. Schools in Amerika are […]
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“I became interested in television in the fifth or sixth grade. Or, rather, I should say that that was about the time television started to corrode my brain. You name any stupid show that existed back in those days and it was probably one of my favorites. ‘Ozzie and Harriet,’ ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ ‘Donna […]
Read the rest of this entry »Assata Shakur On Natural Hair
“One day a friend asked me why I didn’t wear my hair in an Afro, natural. The thought had honestly never occurred to me. In those days, there weren’t too many Afros on the set. But the more I thought about it, the better it sounded. I had always hated frying my hair- burnt ears, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Assata Shakur On Nat Turner
“It had never occurred to me that hundreds of Black people had got together to fight for their freedom. The day I found out about Nat Turner I was affected so strongly it was physical. I was so souped up on adrenaline I could barely contain myself. I tore through every book my mother had. […]
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“Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is…It’s got to be one of the most basic principles of living: Always decide who you enemies are for yourself, and never let your enemies choose your enemies for you.” -Assata Shakur Tweet
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“A lot of people don’t know how many ways racism can manifest itself and in how many ways people fight against it. When I think of how racist, how Eurocentric our so-called education in amerika is, it staggers my mind. And when I think back to some of those kids who were labeled ‘troublemakers’ and […]
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“Of course, our schools were segregated, but the teachers took ore of an interest in our lives because they lived in our world, in the same neighborhoods. They knew what we were up against and hat e would be facing as adults, and they tried to protect us as much as they could. More than […]
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“The injured have no blame. Let it fall on those who injure.” -Assata Shakur Tweet
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“Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions; shaped by our oppress=ion. We are manufactured in droves in the ghetto streets.” -Assata Shakur Tweet
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