Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

45 reviews

fuckoff_imreading's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

michaelion's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense

4.5

she's JUST like me and its not even funny. i hope she having a good day. i hope she's having an amazing day every day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Medical trauma, and War

charlie_hatch's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Police brutality

awiley319's review

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

rebb003's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

catsteaandabook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Police brutality

erezbalvanonyiske's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

joezapps's review

adventurous hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

My neighbor gave me their copy of the book when I said that I only found out about the Attica uprisings when watching Dog Day Afternoon. Attica itself comes up only once in the book to my knowledge, but Assata Shakur links it and the countless other racist, imperialist, & violent actions of America to her own tragic history, and then weaves that into to the lived experiences of black americans in the past, present and future, and to the taught narratives and history of the state that are remnants from our slave owning past.

Assata Shakur does this with pinpoint precision, does not mince her words once, but brings simultaneously such empathy and humor. It's a rare text that illuminates the love and care in revolutionary movements. Specifically shedding the preconceived notions from the state & media about the Black Panthers & Black Liberation Movement, but also notes criticism to how the movements fell apart (though the blame is mainly rested on COINTELPRO as it should be).

This is an essential text I believe, and one I will be returning to often. What may bring me back the most, is the incredible poetry scattered throughout, the opening poem in particular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

Moderate: Sexual assault

jessmbark's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is by far one of the best memoirs I have ever read. It mixes poetry with history and has an instantly recognizable voice. A true must-read if you want to understand Black history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Death, Sexism, and Xenophobia

peachblossomreads's review

informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, and Police brutality