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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

  • historical crimes
  • human rights violations

Putting it to work

  • study historical atrocities

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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