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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
by asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors
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The memoir of the Black Lives Matter movement founder. It was good. But it made me want to read Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics… let me explain.
There were two main elements:
✨ her deeply personal relationship with the over-policing of Black bodies
✨ how to start a movement
Her personal story was compelling. Her movement building gave me hope. And pointing out that, like Angela Davis (who wrote the Forward) and Assata Shakur (who was quoted throughout), they’re going to call you a terrorist felt… timely.
It had a flaw though, imo. I wish it had been more intersectional—particularly with wealth inequality and critiques of capitalism. Without that, this felt incomplete and susceptible to elite capture.
There were two main elements:
✨ her deeply personal relationship with the over-policing of Black bodies
✨ how to start a movement
Her personal story was compelling. Her movement building gave me hope. And pointing out that, like Angela Davis (who wrote the Forward) and Assata Shakur (who was quoted throughout), they’re going to call you a terrorist felt… timely.
It had a flaw though, imo. I wish it had been more intersectional—particularly with wealth inequality and critiques of capitalism. Without that, this felt incomplete and susceptible to elite capture.