Freedom

[close] Hey yall, I'm Romeo. Back two years ago, one of my teachers gave me a book called the New Jim Crow and told me that before too long I'd have the kind of influence to make a difference in this world. I read it cover to cover and couldn't stop thinking about it. I have read more books about the inadequacies that are tolerated and encouraged in the United States that allow a small number of people to exercise absolute control over the rest of us. Give a person a badge and a gun and they can get away with anything, at least until you murder a man on video and people finally start wiping the sleep out of their eyes and asking questions. This is not a black vs. white group. This is group for people who are frustrated by the way some individuals and groups are allowed to exist above the law and control those of us who are below it. I have read some amazing books during the quarantine and talked to alot of cool people here. I want to hear your ideas and try to build ideas with you on how we can make change happen and stick. Killing each other in riots won't work. I can't wait to hear your ideas. It's a cheesy quote for what we gonna try to do here, but I'm going to quote the original pimp Billy Dee Williams from The Rise of Skywalker about how I feel about this. Poe Dameron says to the Rebels, "I'm sorry my friends, I thought we had a shot but there's just too many of them." Radio crackles and then here's Lando saying, "But there are more of us, Poe. There are more of US." Poe looks up and there's thousands of ships flying in to fight. One Imperial looks at the other and says, "Where did we get all these craft from? They have no Navy." The other Imperial says, "It's not a navy sir, it's just people." That's us right now. Just people. But there are more of us. RL

[close] Nipsey Hussle was a talented rapper and an activist. But he was also a self-made scholar. Nipsey loved to read books, and he read often. His fans and friends put together a list of all the books that the rapper was reading before he left the world. The list was compiled based on interviews, and his friend's statements. Here's the full list: The Art & Science of Respect by James Prince BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME BY TA-NEHISI COATES BLOOD IN MY EYE - GEORGE JACKSON CODED LANGUAGE BY SAUL WILLIAMS THE ART 8 SCIENCE OF RESPECT BY JAMES CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM BY JOHN MACKEY B RAJENDRA SISODIA THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE BY TA-NEHISI COATES THE FIRE NEXT TIME BY JAMES BALDWIN CONTAGIOUS BY JONAH BERGER THE FOUR BY SCOTT GALL CREATIVE SELECTION BY KEN KOCIENDA 4. ii_ THE INVISIBLE MAN BY H.G. WELLS CULTURE VULTURE BY KENYATTA GRIGGS AND DAMON DASH ... THE LOST BOOK OF ENOCH BY DAVID HUMPHREYS FOOLS BY RANDOMNESS BY NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB THE ONE DEVICE BY BRIAN MERCHANT THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON BY GEORGE S. CLASO SON HEAL THY SELF BY QUEEN AFUA HOW TO EAT TO LIVE BY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD INVISIBLE INFLUENCE BY JONAH BERGER THE SECRET BY RHONDA BYRN THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR BY SAM GREENI LAW AND ECONOMICS OF VERTICAL INTEGRATIONS AND CONTROL BY DAVID KASERMAN THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH BY FRANTZ FAN MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND BY CLAUDE BROWN THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF BRANDING BY AL RIES LAURA RIES MESSAGE TO THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA BY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD NO MAN IS AN ISLAND BY THOMAS MERTON ORIGINALS BY ADAM GRANT POWER VS. FORCE BY DAVID R HAWKINS POWERNOMICS BY CLAUD ANDERSON THREE M RDS BY UELL STANLEY ANDER REVOLUTIONARY SUICIDE BY HUEY P. NEWTON SACRED WOMAN BY QUEEN AFUA SEIZE THE TIME BY BOBBY SEALE STEVE JOBS: A BIOGRAPHY BY WALTER ISAACSON THE ART OF WAR BY SUN TZU WE WERE EIGHT YEARS IN POWER BY TA-NEHI I COATE SOUL ON ICE BY ELDRIDGE CLEAVER

[close] CLOSED See V.2.0 of this group here; https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/457559-between-the-pages?ref=nav_bar_discussions_pane_group

[close] Each month a theme will be set with a suggested book for each age group (adult, young adult, 8-12 years, young children). You do not have to stick to your age group, it's just to provide a little something for everyone. Some months adult themes may be included, there will be a warning given prior if this is the case. If you add a book to the tbr please let a moderator know the key themes, genres and age range that it falls under.