"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬."

𝔸𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕥𝕒: 𝔸𝕟 𝔸𝕦𝕥𝕠𝕓𝕚𝕠𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕙𝕪 - Assᴀᴛᴀ Sʜᴀᴋᴜᴿ
⭐(5/5)

I was in from the moment I read "Affirmation" Not the poem although I did read it. But the fact thats how this all started. Hooked.

Im not really a non-fiction reader. I should, but I'm not. I haven't read one I didnt like so... Hm. Anyway, there was never a dull moment in this book, even when you can tell there were supposed to be lulls in the story, there wasn't. It was always interesting to see how Assata's mind worked while all the BS and all the people that were in place to help and just didnt. Not just "Ken's" and "Karens" , but some of "us" were in here too acting a whole fool. People are people. But you can choose to be good people. I mean, what? You die for protecting or standing up for someone and what happens? God turns you away for doing the right thing? Im just wondering for all the religious people cause there are zero religions that speak about hate.

I went off on a tangent. I love the way it interweaves most of her life. (As far as I know she still alive) We start off with her being shot and captured. That was grizzly. Then weave it into her childhood and back out to injury/capture days and back to her past all hitting the big life changes. Her name being born how she got into the BPP and how she fell out with them and all her trials. Man it was a lot and it was just done so well. You know I had to give it a five if it had time jumping and its out of my usual comfort zone. It's very eye opening and should not be missed.

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