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Yeah man, dat’s de way it ’tis—niggers think up eve’ything good and de white folks steal it from us. Dass right. Nigger invented de train. White man seen it and run right off and made him one jes’ lak it and told eve’ybody he thought it up.
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Assata Shakur
“Constructive criticism and self-criticism are extremely important for any revolutionary organization. Without them, people tend to drown in their mistakes, not learn from them.”
Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur
“As far as i was concerned, the police in the Black communities were nothing but a foreign, occupying army, beating, torturing, and murdering people at whim and without restraint. I despise violence, but i despise it even more when it’s one-sided and used to oppress and repress poor people.”
Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur
“But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.”
Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur
“The world, in spite of oppression, is a beautiful place.”
Assata Shakur

Assata Shakur
“My neighbors ask me what the u.s. is like, and they accuse me of lying when i tell them about the hunger and cold and people sleeping in the streets. They refuse to believe me. How can that be in such a rich country?”
Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

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