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When They Call You a Terrorist

A Black Lives Matter Memoir

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When They Call You a Terrorist

By: Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Asha Bandele, Angela Davis - foreword
Narrated by: Patrisse Khan-Cullors
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Following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, three women - Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Khan-Cullors - came together to form an active response to the systemic racism causing the deaths of so many African Americans.

They simply said: Black Lives Matter; and for that, they were labelled terrorists. In this empowering account of survival, strength, and resilience, Patrisse Khan-Cullors and award-winning author and journalist Asha Bandele recount the personal story that led Patrisse to become a founder of Black Lives Matter, seeking to end the culture that declares Black life expendable.

Like the era-defining movement she helped create, this rallying cry demands you do not avert your attention. With a foreword by Angela Davis.

©2018 Patrisse Khan-Cullors, 2018 Asha Bandele (P)2018 Canongate Books Ltd Racism & Discrimination Social Sciences

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This is a book that EVERYONE should read. This is a powerful book with a very important message. It is critical to be aware of unequal rights and opportunities, particularly the blatant denial of opportunities and welfare for certain sects of the population, in order to understand our society better.
Thank you to the authors for raising this awareness.
The narration was great, nice to listen to.
I want to shout
to the world to listen to what is said in this book (and I am a white person originally from South Africa, so I preach not from a place of being oppressed but from a place of being ashamed at what people can do without accountability or conscience).

A very important and gripping read

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There has recently been an upswing of works relating to racism in the US, so it was only a matter of time that one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement spoke about this issue.

Patrisse Khan-Cullors is eloquent, and her experiences are truly harrowing. From watching her 12 year old brother being assaulted and harrassed by police officers, growing up in poverty, to being an adult and watching another brother being locked up for being mentally disabled. It is really quite horrifying to see the spectrum of violence that black bodies still endure even post-Jim Crow laws. Cullors will argue that this is but an extension of those days.

It is a timely piece, and one of the better writings on the topic, mixing activism and academia with her own memoir.

A human experience in the BLM movement

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I am in awe of Patrisse and other queer black women. This book is an absolute must listen

excellent

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I appreciated hearing this book read by the author herself. It was interesting hearing about the birth of Black Lives Matter. Definitely food for thought.

Thought provoking and passionate.

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This is a must read for every white person who thinks they are not racist. And also for those who’re people who identify as anti racists.
I’ve been wrangling with my inner fascism’s for years now and knew only the headlines of BLM’s origins and the fortitude of its founders. This was a very eye opening and useful primer.
But more than that, Ms Khan-Cullors narrative help me understand and digest and wrestle with my complicity in some of her experience of being black in America, and by what I am learning the UK and the rest of the world. Without asking for anything but offering you her heart on a plate, this amazing courageous woman takes us through her life story and how it shaped her to be in the time and place that called for Black Lives Matter to be established.
It is beautifully written and deep. Well worth the listen on every level.

Must Read For White Folk

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