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soul food

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my favess

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I wish I could like… download languages into my brain.

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“There is a myth that someone who’s accused of a crime has a right to a lawyer. The reality of it is that most people who have no money get lawyers who have no interest in their case, do no investigation, no work whatsoever. In my case, the state had millions of dollars at their command to prosecute me and we had no money whatsoever.”

— [Assata Shakur, “Prisoner in the United States”]

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Psychological projection is a theory in psychology in which [oppressors] defend themselves against their own negative qualities by denying the existence of those qualities within themselves, while attributing those same negative qualities to others.

For example, a habitually bigoted white person may constantly accuse black people of being “reverse” racists. Projection, sometimes called transference, shifts blame and responsibility to the victims of racism.

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“They call me the “most wanted woman” in America. I find that ironic. I’ve never felt very “wanted” before. When it came to jobs, I was never the “most wanted”; when it came to economic opportunities, I was never the most wanted; when it came to decent housing, I was never the most wanted. It seems like the only time Black people are most wanted is when they want to put us in prison.”

— [“Assata Shakur: Profiled and on the Run”]

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The strongest and the most sincere Black voices ever

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“One of the most important things the [Black Panther] Party did was to make it really clear who the enemy was: not white people, but the capitalistic, imperialistic oppressors. They took the Black liberation struggle out of a national context and put it in an international context…. It was also clear to me that without a truly internationalist component nationalism was reactionary. There was nothing revolutionary about nationalism by itself-Hitler and Mussolini were nationalists. Any community seriously concerned with its own freedom has to be concerned about other peoples’ freedom as well. The victory of oppressed people anywhere in the world is a victory for Black people. Each time one of imperialism’s tentacles is cut off we are closer to liberation… Imperialism is an international system of exploitation, and we, as revolutionaries, need to be internationalists to defeat it.”

— Assata Shakur, “Assata: An Autobiography”

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“Only the strong go crazy. The weak just go along.”

— Assata Shakur

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I’m tired of the only movies they are willing to show of our history, is where we are slaves. Our history does not begin at slavery. And it sure as hell doesn’t end after it.

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Women of Color Are:

Accomplished:

Multi- Talented

Graceful:

Colorful:

Funny: 

Elegant

Artistic: 

Humble:

Compelling:

Dedicated:

Courageous  

Powerful

Fabulous: 

PASSIONATE

Yet Sadly…..

Overlooked 

WOMEN OF COLOR ARE VALID, HUMAN, AND FUCKING AWESOME

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so you just make an effort? and then it pays off?

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yes, yes this is it.