What If Black American People Left Earth? "Space Traders" by Professor Derrick Bell'

[xoxodede]

I was thinking about this today -- well it ran across my mind.

Summary of the legendary sci-fi short:

Published in 1992, its subject is the arrival of extraterrestrials that offer the United States a wide range of benefits such as gold, clean nuclear power and other technological advances, in exchange for one thing: handing over all black people in the U.S. to the aliens. The story posits that the people and political establishment of the U.S. are willing to make this deal, passing a referendum to enable it.​

The twist is they only wanted Black People from America - meaning rooted (ADOS) in America. It's for a specific reason that is revealed in the follow up: Gospel choirs : psalms of survival for an alien land called home.



Any Derrick Belle fans here?

 

[K.O.N.Y]

I was thinking about this today -- well it ran across my mind.

Summary of the legendary sci-fi short:

Published in 1992, its subject is the arrival of extraterrestrials that offer the United States a wide range of benefits such as gold, clean nuclear power and other technological advances, in exchange for one thing: handing over all black people in the U.S. to the aliens. The story posits that the people and political establishment of the U.S. are willing to make this deal, passing a referendum to enable it.​

The twist is they only wanted Black People from America - meaning rooted (ADOS) in America. It's for a specific reason that's is revealed in the follow up: Gospel choirs : psalms of survival for an alien land called home.



Any Derrick Belle fans here?

what they plan on doing with us

 

[TEH]

what they plan on doing with us

Soylent Green

 

[get these nets]

Spoiler

They let Benson's wife live.

 

[xoxodede]

what they plan on doing with us

It was positive. Here's the first couple of pages that reveal what happened. But, I won't spoil the ending for you.

 

[xoxodede]

Spoiler

They let Benson's wife live.

You already know.

 

[Shoog Shatmi]

I've heard what aliens be doing to abductees.

 

[Citi Trends]

Should I start with the short story or film? Or does it matter?

 

[UberEatsDriver]

I wouldn’t mind at all just make sure to leave all the c00ns, gays, Feminist behind on earth

 

[Big D Bangston]

White people will have to blame someone else for crime rates and the ills of the country

 

[Hoodoo Child]

If AA's were to be abducted right now without warning, this country would go up in flames. Imagine your once loved 'punching' bag moving on to live in a more advanced civilization, and STRIVING. I honestly wouldn't mind leaving the planet, AS LONG as they have a region on their homeworld that resembles the Afro-American south.

Spoiler: One Last Thing Before We Go

I hope the Aliens blow the Earth after we leave

 

[MikeyC]

White people will have to blame someone else for crime rates and the ills of the country

#ACL gang

 

[Uchiha God]

Sounds like an intriguing premise

 

[Cat piss martini]

truth be told the rapture is the same scenario.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

running away from your problems don't solve anything