Colored people are like human weeds and are to be exterminated.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author dehumanizes Black people by comparing them to weeds that should be eliminated.
- In plain terms
- A group of people is called weeds that need to be killed.
- What can you take from it?
- This is an explicit call for genocide.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does dehumanization lead to violence?
Another view
The quote advocates for the mass murder of a specific race.
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