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“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.”
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“People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. 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
“A revolutionary woman can't have no reactionary man.”
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Monique’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Monique’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Chick-lit, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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