Status Updates From Assata: An Autobiography(19...

I like the way Assata has split her story across two timelines, it’s very interesting to read what parts of her life, her struggles and desires have changed vs remained the same over several decades. And damn, she’s good at writing about her adolescence because the second-hand cringe I was hit with multiple times was powerful.

I love how petty Assata can be, she has some very funny moments of defiance. It is genuinely insane how incredibly targeted her treatment was, so it’s no wonder her outlook looking back on all these events. I don’t understand how something this blatant gets brushed under the rug; obviously there’s serious mistreatment of POC in the justice system, but her story appears to just be on a whole other level.