Georgia TA: 'Some white people may have to die...'

[RBP]

Which one?

“some white people may have to die for black communities to be made whole in this struggle to advance to freedom."

Someone takes that thought and thinks they have to physically realize it in some way?

Hal's quote is the part that started this. I have no idea what that means.

[Hal-9000]

Hal's quote is the part that started this. I have no idea what that means.

You're losing me too.

Which quote don't you understand...the one he made that's in quotes above or something that I've written?

[RBP]

You're losing me too.

Which quote don't you understand...the one he made that's in quotes above or something that I've written?

“some white people may have to die for black communities to be made whole in this struggle to advance to freedom." as you quoted.

What does that mean... and I didn't understand your reply point (Someone takes that thought and thinks they have to physically realize it in some way?) either.

[Hal-9000]

Right back at you Floyd

Prof from the story is saying white people may have to die for black communities to be made whole in this struggle to advance to freedom.

People hear the statement and don't find anything wrong with it.

Could someone interpret his statement loosely and start killing white people arbitrarily because of it?

As in, normal disagreements escalate to killing because young black people feel that killing white people is okay in the name of 'the struggle'?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I think the TA's statement is pretty clear just like Hal says, he's saying that in order to make black communities whole, white people are going to have to die, most like in retribution for what happened to blacks under slavery and in the segregation era. But he is vague on how they are going to need to die and under what circumstance(s).

[RBP]

Still don't understand. He had to have an intent with that statement, a story line in which white death is necessary. Especially if he doesn't understand why it's controversial, and anyone disputing it is naive. Naive about what? What is this scenario under which white death is necessary? I'm actually not looking for our conjecture, I want his actual story line that supports that comment.

[Hal-9000]

I think the TA's statement is pretty clear just like Hal says, he's saying that in order to make black communities whole, white people are going to have to die, most like in retribution for what happened to blacks under slavery and in the segregation era. But he is vague on how they are going to need to die and under what circumstance(s).

Right on. And your last statement is my fear. He may have some vague historical thought on how a racial balance could be achieved and it's the listeners I fear who may realize that thought into some sort of weird action, because a person in authority vaguely hinted at an unpleasant idea.

[Hal-9000]

Still don't understand. He had to have an intent with that statement, a story line in which white death is necessary. Especially if he doesn't understand why it's controversial, and anyone disputing it is naive. Naive about what? What is this scenario under which white death is necessary? I'm actually not looking for our conjecture, I want his actual story line that supports that comment.

Oh you want the subtext from him about his statement.

Well then send the man a tersely worded email and get off my back Willis!

[RBP]

I’m just saying that America is set up to create functional White supremacists, and they have an attachment to it that’s not particularly moral. I wouldn’t be surprised if White people have to die before Black Americans can live in freedom.

That reads like he means "die off", like old white people need to die off so the newer generation can live with less oppression.

[RBP]

I take that back.

"This should not be controversial," he argued at the time. "Some white people are really bad, and America abetted them reproducing that badness in their white progeny. I'd rather contain them with law enforcement, but US law enforcement isn't particularly committed to making sure that white people act in accordance with racial justice. If we want racial justice without having to kill them, then all of our educational and media institutions should be preparing white people for the hit they are going to have to take, so that we get racial justice without killing too many of them."

Black Panther stuff.

[Hal-9000]

I got the same impressions from both of those statements

First one - Let the old Jim Crow generation fade away.
Second one - Let's create white interment camps if we can't outright shoot them.