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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
by asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors
i don't know how to rate non-fictions really, but i truly found myself within these pages- so 5 stars
(content warnings at the end)
this book was a memoir of patrisse khan-cullors' life, but it also felt like the origin story for the black lives matter movement. for she was an original founder and organizer for the movement, it felt like we were getting the backstory of the movement's organizational beginnings, but also what it was before the naming and opening.
this story, her story, covers so many different aspects of her life; from her home life, her relationships with her family members, especially with her brother and her father, and her adulthood with starting this movement due to the happenings around her. i really felt for her, for all the situations happening to her, and how i could relate so deeply as situations similar to hers have happened to me and my loved ones.
many topics were covered here: the poor treatment of those with mental health issues, especially black folk, the school to prison pipeline, the overwhelming population of black and brown people incarcerated in the states, the war on drugs, the 3 strike rule- so much covered with autobiographical anecdotes for those to understand how it truly feels to witness this and live through what black and brown folks have to live through day to day.
people should read this book in junction with [b:The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power|50870424|The Skin We're In A Year of Black Resistance and Power|Desmond Cole|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1570443003l/50870424._SX50_SY75_.jpg|71391500] and [b:The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness|6792458|The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness|Michelle Alexander|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328751532l/6792458._SX50_.jpg|6996712] , get that rounded reading experience with both american and canadian perspectives. to understand why prisons are simply a new form of slavery and indentured servitude, how the representation of black, indigenous, and other people of colour within the prison population is incredibly high for how little of the population we make up usually.
content warnings for
police brutality, racism (systemic, intentional), PTSD. poor treatment of those with mental health issues, homophobia, misogynoir
(content warnings at the end)
this book was a memoir of patrisse khan-cullors' life, but it also felt like the origin story for the black lives matter movement. for she was an original founder and organizer for the movement, it felt like we were getting the backstory of the movement's organizational beginnings, but also what it was before the naming and opening.
this story, her story, covers so many different aspects of her life; from her home life, her relationships with her family members, especially with her brother and her father, and her adulthood with starting this movement due to the happenings around her. i really felt for her, for all the situations happening to her, and how i could relate so deeply as situations similar to hers have happened to me and my loved ones.
many topics were covered here: the poor treatment of those with mental health issues, especially black folk, the school to prison pipeline, the overwhelming population of black and brown people incarcerated in the states, the war on drugs, the 3 strike rule- so much covered with autobiographical anecdotes for those to understand how it truly feels to witness this and live through what black and brown folks have to live through day to day.
people should read this book in junction with [b:The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power|50870424|The Skin We're In A Year of Black Resistance and Power|Desmond Cole|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1570443003l/50870424._SX50_SY75_.jpg|71391500] and [b:The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness|6792458|The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness|Michelle Alexander|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328751532l/6792458._SX50_.jpg|6996712] , get that rounded reading experience with both american and canadian perspectives. to understand why prisons are simply a new form of slavery and indentured servitude, how the representation of black, indigenous, and other people of colour within the prison population is incredibly high for how little of the population we make up usually.
content warnings for
police brutality, racism (systemic, intentional), PTSD. poor treatment of those with mental health issues, homophobia, misogynoir