Assata Shakur Quotes About Violence

Quotes about: Violence

• In my opinion while lynchings were quite possibly the most heinous crimes ever witnessed in American history, they helped in bringing people together for a sole purpose. It was because of these lynchings that armed self-resistance was created. If white people knew black people were capable of fighting back then there was less of a chance that violence actually would break out.

  Assata Shakur

  Fighting, Lynching, Self

• I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the U.S. government’s policy towards people of color.

  Assata Shakur

  Government, Color, Racism

  "Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectuals And the U.S. Prison Regime". Book by Dylan Rodríguez, 2006.

• To have one's race brutally treated for so many years, even after the end of slavery and segregation, people are going to rise up with violence to attain what they believe is rightfully theirs. The most important thing at this time is raising the awareness of everyone; people need to be educated everywhere about all aspects of racism and how it affects people still today.

  Assata Shakur

  Believe, Race, Years

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