2010.54.1225

• african american
• ethnicity and race

Poster has black background on the right and a red and blue outline of a Cuban flag on the left. The center shows the face of a woman peeking out from behind the black. In the black area is light gray writing. It reads, ""ï¾€ I had never wanted a childï¾€ the world was too horrible to bring another human being into. And a Black child. We see our children frustrated at best. Noses pressed against windows, looking in. And at worst, we see them die from drugs or oppression, shot down by police, or wasted away in jailï¾€ what had my ancestors thought when they brought their babies into this world, only to see them flogged and raped, bought and sold. I thought and thoughtï¾€ I am about life, I said to myself I'm gonna live as hard as I can and as a full as I can until I die. And I'm not letting these parasites, these oppressors, these greedy, racist swine make me kill my children in my mind before they are even bornï¾€ Because our children are our futures and I believe in the future, and in the strength and rightness of our struggle. Assata Shakur, living in exile in Cuba."