Sister Souljah’s provocation critiqued racial double standards in valuing Black lives

Evidence

White Americans were still raging over her defense of the LA rebellion in the Washington Post: “I mean, if black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” It was clipped and circulated, but few racist Americans heard or understood—or wanted to understand—her point: she was critiquing the racist idea of occasional Black-on-White deaths mattering more to the government than Black people killing Black people every day. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1124

Categorization

• XREF: Terrible loss framing — the devaluation of Black life vs. white life — connects to the broader antiracist argument and to the reader’s placement scheme.