The prison therefore functions ideologically as an abstract site into which undesirables are deposited, relieving us of the responsibility of thinking about the real issues afflicting those communities from which prisoners are drawn in such
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“Her kind of security, because it's not merely monetary, is atmospheric and therefore is not transferable. It's what reigns invisible behind the term "white.”
― Just Us: An American Conversation
― Just Us: An American Conversation
“I wanted to struggle on a full-time basis.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
“Wear your scars like jewelry cause they were bought with blood.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
“Who is to blame, then, when everyone is innocent? And what is the value of blame at all?”
― An American Marriage
― An American Marriage
“After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
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