Two niggers undressed me and tore my shirt in two. I kept only my pants. Being handcuffed, I could not pull them up when they fell down. So now I was naked. Four days! On the fourth day, I was so cold that my body was numb. I couldn't hear anything. Every two - four hours (even in the night!) Niggers came along under command of a White man and hammered at me. Cigarette burns on the nipples. Fingers gouged into eye-sockets. Eyebrows and chest hair pulled out. Genitals beaten with an oxwhip. Testicles very swollen. Spat at. 'Mouth open' and was spat into. When I refused to open, my jaws were pried apart with a stick and my mouth spat into. Beaten with a whip - swollen, dark-blue whelps all over the body... Photographed naked! Jeered at wearing an old army greatcoat which they hung round me.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker describes severe physical abuse and humiliation inflicted upon him by Black prisoners under White supervision.
- In plain terms
- He was tortured, beaten, and humiliated while imprisoned.
- What can you take from it?
- Extreme cruelty can be enacted under systems of authority.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does power enable cruelty?
- What defines human dignity in captivity?
Another view
This account is one-sided and lacks independent verification of specific events.
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