Assata Shakur, a Black Liberation Army member exiled in Cuba since 1984, is the only person among the top 10 on the FBI’s ‘Most Wanted Terrorists’ list who is not an Islamic militant.
You see, long before the Islamic terrorist ‘threat,’ the United States had a long history of vilifying African freedom fighters who could care less to sing ‘kumbaya’ and just ‘get along’ with everyone (particularly their oppressors) at the expense of their own freedom.
This week’s dash of Wednesday Wisdom reminds us that freedom is not something that is handed over to the oppressed by their oppressors simply because the oppressed appeal to the oppressor’s ‘moral sense.’
If freedom was so easily won, the oppressed would not march for decades and sing the same songs. It is not that the oppressors are unaware of the morally defunct nature of their actions. Rather, it is that the benefits to them outweigh the freedom of those they oppress. Time and time again, history has proven that people must ‘fight’ for their freedom, not ask politely.
Sources:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100322.Assata
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorism