And I quoted the “cultural” part. Cultural genocide is the intentional destruction of cultural artifacts and the eradication of a cultural identity.
depending on your view of china, can be construed as capitalist integration for exploitation or elevation to modern living standards
Neither of these are cultural genocide.
If you read a report of residential (sorry was wrong word) schools in usa or australia or canada for native Americans from liberal source, what would be the markers of difference with re-education camps in china? The only thing I see is the age of students
If there was evidence of China separating families, forbidding native languages, erasing all references to Uighur cultural identity, and sterilizing women - I would reconsider my position.
The only thing I see is the age of students
You are either whitewashing American crimes against indigenous people, or pushing unverified genocide allegations against China. Which is it?
Like, I actually cannot believe you wrote that. What the fuck.
I’m strictly referring to the practice of carrying of young Native American children to schools circa start of 20th century I think, not wider american genocide. The alleged goal was to integrate native americans by force into “civilized” society.
If my post reads like I’m dismissing other crimes, I apologize, maybe I should be more precise in wording.
Separation of families is precisely the allegation against china, no? main difference is that kids are not ripped from family at non-speaking age, and their language forgotten, so that’s a plus.
China is literally separating families though. They don’t get to keep their children in the internment camps.
With the Xinjiang camps, I haven’t seen evidence of and/or have seen evidence suggesting the lack of:
- sexual/physical assault
- terrible living conditions and deaths linked to said living conditions
- forced labour
- suppression of their native language/culture (I don’t really consider mandatory Mandarin lessons in and of itself to be language suppression)
- extended durations without family contact
You can never show evidence that proves something isn’t happening.
Show me evidence that you don’t beat your wife.
