locksandglasses:

saying reckless stuff while hungry is equivalent to saying reckless stuff while drunk

"Black woman. Bad woman,
Wear your bigness on your chest like a badge
‘Cause you done earned it.

Strong woman. Amazon,
wear your scars like jewelry
cause they were bought with blood."

Assata Shakur (via eedyeh)

"No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them."

Assata Shakur (via spirit-sister)

"The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave."

Assata Shakur: An Autobiography (via caramelblackness)