https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1362136748621463552

  • comi [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    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.

    • DeepPoliSci [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Separation of families is precisely the allegation against china, no?

      What is your evidence of this? Even the BBC's coverage of the camp covered the fact that students are only at the schools during the day.

      • Yun [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        CGTN made a couple videos providing more context for the boarding schools: https://youtu.be/fQuBCf_vWZY https://youtu.be/x99g4kua5s0

        Basically education is mandatory and boarding schools make logistical sense due to how spread out people are in rural areas like those in Xinjiang.

        • DeepPoliSci [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          I'll watch, this seems different than the schools that the BBC & CGTN were covering back in 2018.

          • Yun [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Yeah boarding schools aren't re-education camps. How they relate is that supposedly children with both parents detained get put into orphanages or boarding schools (according to research from Zenz). In this case I'm inclined to believe the claim as it makes sense that children in these circumstances can't just be left alone. It also doesn't seem to be that big of deal since at least from the sources I've seen, people in the re-education camps maintain regular contact with family members remotely.