I remember back in the day my mom & step-pop telling me about Assata Shakur's plight. Then later on in life I heard PE talk about Joanne Chesimard and didn't realize until much later that they were the same person.
It's a shame but it seems as though she will forever be in Cuba. My question to you is this: If Obama wins do you think he would pardon her or Mumia?
Like you, Public Enemy was my first exposure point to Assata's government name (along with a ton of other people in my history and events that still affect Black life in this country of my birth). I first heard of Assata through an article on PE in ROLLING STONE magazine years ago. I believe that she will be pardoned one day, and I HOPE that Mr. Obama will free her.
Mumia--I can only pray for that hope. The test of Mr. Obama's sincerity and political savvy will be the way that he handles the social issues that directly affect the "common citizen" (There is nothing common about Americans...and I tend to resent that phrase.) in the parts of America where citizens pay taxes but have little left over to fulfill their needs--and zero remaining to donate to political movements and candidates. Unconstitutional imprisonment of people of color in Amerikkka is not a new subject, and few politicos have done much to change or even prevent it. I PRAY that the next President of the United States of America is both conscientious and honorable enough to pardon two people whose lives are posters for judicial injustice...and hope that his name will be Obama.
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I remember back in the day my mom & step-pop telling me about Assata Shakur's plight. Then later on in life I heard PE talk about Joanne Chesimard and didn't realize until much later that they were the same person.
It's a shame but it seems as though she will forever be in Cuba. My question to you is this: If Obama wins do you think he would pardon her or Mumia?
Like you, Public Enemy was my first exposure point to Assata's government name (along with a ton of other people in my history and events that still affect Black life in this country of my birth). I first heard of Assata through an article on PE in ROLLING STONE magazine years ago. I believe that she will be pardoned one day, and I HOPE that Mr. Obama will free her.
Mumia--I can only pray for that hope. The test of Mr. Obama's sincerity and political savvy will be the way that he handles the social issues that directly affect the "common citizen" (There is nothing common about Americans...and I tend to resent that phrase.) in the parts of America where citizens pay taxes but have little left over to fulfill their needs--and zero remaining to donate to political movements and candidates. Unconstitutional imprisonment of people of color in Amerikkka is not a new subject, and few politicos have done much to change or even prevent it. I PRAY that the next President of the United States of America is both conscientious and honorable enough to pardon two people whose lives are posters for judicial injustice...and hope that his name will be Obama.
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