i know this girl named assata.
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Blutifully Human wrote: cafe-aulait wrote: the rabbit wrote: Well i dont experience that type of racism in any form....i guess i'm blessed so attribute my ignorance on the matter to that. and for the record the law i was referring to was when she escaped......if she was covered by God she wouldn't have used the means she did to escape. did MLK try to escape?? What bout Nelson Mandela?? What if Jesus had escaped when he was arrested???? my only thing is God does things for reasons, her life and struggle would have meant just as much if she was in jail. So lets praise the good she's done rather than go and praise the fact that she retaliated which may end up not being good at all in the end. But as it is now she is telling our people that is okay to have no regard for people in authority, whether it be moral or immoral. This in the end will have a detrimental effect on our people, ie the LA Riots. Yes the government was wrong, but if you try to fight it the way she did, its not gonna work. But it goes back to your philosophy on everything.......if you wanna fight the powers that be in that way be my guest...but in the end no good will really come of it. I admit I should not have said f**k her. I dont feel that way. I was trippin' at the time. But hey I don't feel as sorry as I would have been for her if she would've trusted that God would take care of it. Not by killing others( didnt they **** the guards? i may be wrong) to gain her freedom just because she had a beef with government in general. anyways i kno some of yall not gonna agree but oh well.
Yea I was speaking in general, because the consensus seemed to be that America is wrong for wanting her back. I was directing that specifically to you.
Now I love Assata Shakur. (I plan on naming my daughter either Nina Clarke or Nina Assata...lol) So ya know I got love for her.
Tho she was taking a stand, escaping was (and still is) illegal, so she will face the repercussions, unfortunately. :-(
Okay, I don't know if Assatta **** guards in her escape attempt either but I'm really not feelin those who think she should've sat in jail and waited for God to work something out for her.If we are going to apply that to everything, in that case I guess the slaves should've waited for God to get them out of slavery instead of revolting up against ****. Don't get me wrong I believe in God and everything but sometimes you have to take situations into your own hands.
YoungBlackNtelligent wrote: Okay, I don't know if Assatta **** guards in her escape attempt either but I'm really not feelin those who think she should've sat in jail and waited for God to work something out for her.If we are going to apply that to everything, in that case I guess the slaves should've waited for God to get them out of slavery instead of revolting up against ****. Don't get me wrong I believe in God and everything but sometimes you have to take situations into your own hands.
Ok, the slaves revolted, and over 90 percent of them got sent right back to slavery. It wasn't until something beyong their control, the Civil War, until they got their freedom.....so....hmmmm.....think about it. Yes, waiting on God is the right thing to do
When u don't wait on God in any situation u take out the opportunity for him to bless u the way u need to be blessed
King_J wrote: YoungBlackNtelligent wrote: King_J wrote: YoungBlackNtelligent wrote: Okay, I don't know if Assatta **** guards in her escape attempt either but I'm really not feelin those who think she should've sat in jail and waited for God to work something out for her.If we are going to apply that to everything, in that case I guess the slaves should've waited for God to get them out of slavery instead of revolting up against ****. Don't get me wrong I believe in God and everything but sometimes you have to take situations into your own hands.
Ok, but u are comparing slavery, where they was getting the crap beat out of them, overworked, dying off, getting sick, to sitting in a jail cell. I mean those are two different situations....complete different situations. I never said don't ever make a move and always wait on God but in this particular situation, in my eyes, it wasn't wise to even attempt to escape. And that's that
In my eyez, it isn't even about the revolting part. Becuz every **** that sought freedom didn't necessarily plot to **** their owner. Harriet Tubman didn't **** one person when she helped to free countless slaves. But even if she did, it can't automatically be assumed that wasn't in God's will. Should she have just sat pretty and listened to those who were scared and said "wait upon the Lord"? Who's to say the Lord didn't have a hand in her deciding to claim her own freedom instead of waiting for it to fall in her lap? God speaks to everyone in a different manner. Everyone is not called to react the same to every situation. I believe that God spoke to Harriet & hand is hand on her...that was how she got her freedom. And for all we know, God could have spoken to Assata as well & guided her. How easy is it for someone to escape from prison & flee to Cuba without being caught? I dunno...sounds like.
