It is impossible for a white person in the novel to understand the effects of slavery. They cannot feel the pain behind the experience and what it does to a person. For example, it is impossible for some white people to understand why Sethe killed her child. They put her in jail for it, yet perhaps somebody who has experienced slavery could understand her reasoning behind it. This excerpt touches not only on this subject, but also the inability for a white man to admit to his part in slavery in both metaphorical and visual ways. The original excerpt talked about Stamp Paid describing the Jungle inside of “Negroes”, and the seed “Whitepeople” planted for it to grow, yet he still refuses to admit that the Jungle is starting to “touch” white
