1) I liked how she starts her story with the emotional moment of the accident, that part made me feel dizzy and disorientated like her, at the beginning it was kind of hard to interpreted the text and what was happening at the time. The parts were the police were treating her like an animal really made me mad and I felt a little bit of impotence when hearing about how they waited so long to help her and they hurt her even more. I was actually disgusted but not surprised of the way the police treated her in the hospital, it was to be expected, besides she “killed” one of their own and on top of it she was a woman of color. I admire Assata greatly in this chapter, she is so brave and has a strong will of power, if I were in her place I would have cried and begged since the first punch to the stomach.
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“No suspicious looking white people are reported” (8)
I really liked this quote because it can reflect on what is going on right now in our society, if someone of white skin commits a crime the news will automatically put him in a good spot by saying things like “he was a good boy” and put a picture of him feeding a dog , but if a person of color commits a crime you see his picture on the news with him holding a rifle or with a bunch of money by his side. Here she expresses the prejudice the system has that any people of color are suspects and up to no good.
“The world, in spite of oppression, is a beautiful place.” (17)
I think when she said this quote she was overwhelmed by the sight of her family and the kindness she received sometimes form the nureses.
“They are gonna do what they are gonna do and there isn’t much i can do about it . I just have to be myself, stay strong as i can , and do my best” (
I can connect the way they treated Assata during …show more content…
“No suspicious looking white people are reported” (8)
I really liked this quote because it can reflect on what is going on right now in our society, if someone of white skin commits a crime the news will automatically put him in a good spot by saying things like “he was a good boy” and put a picture of him feeding a dog , but if a person of color commits a crime you see his picture on the news with him holding a rifle or with a bunch of money by his side. Here she expresses the prejudice the system has that any people of color are suspects and up to no good.
“The world, in spite of oppression, is a beautiful place.” (17)
I think when she said this quote she was overwhelmed by the sight of her family and the kindness she received sometimes form the nureses.
“They are gonna do what they are gonna do and there isn’t much i can do about it . I just have to be myself, stay strong as i can , and do my best” (