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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir in Books

Feb 5, 2018  
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Asha Bandele | 2018 | Biography, History & Politics
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9.0 (1 Ratings)
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A human experience in the BLM movement
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.
  
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Lenard (726 KP) rated Nafi's Father (Baamum Nafi) (2020) in Movies

Feb 2, 2021  
Nafi's Father (Baamum Nafi) (2020)
Nafi's Father (Baamum Nafi) (2020)
2020 | Drama, International
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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The type of film I always find interesting. A pious man stands alone against his community. The community can get better, but the ethical cost is too high. People give up their principles if it means a better life many times. In Nafi's Father, the religious leader stands against his brother who is backed by a questionable sheikh. How the sheikh accumulated his wealth is insinuated and what it means to accept his assistance is harrowing. Nafi's father does not even have a name in the film. He is referred to as Tierno because no one has used his actual name since he became the village spiritual leader. Names are very important as brother Ousmane always adds a title to his name. Very similar to gangster films of America, the community is forced to protect itself against outside evil.