A recent CNN report shows the Chinese government seemingly targeting Uighur minorities in Xinjiang.
Disturbing video shows hundreds of blindfolded prisoners in Xinjiang
It is extremely sad to see minorities being targeted.
As the supposed leader of the free world, the U.S. has called on the Chinese government to stop its repression of minorities.
Locking up native minorities in camps, taking over their lands, pushing them into corners, widening income gap between the native minorities and the newcomers... this may sound like Xinjiang in 2019, but one must remember that this was also the case with the U.S and the native Americans. And is still the case, as native Americans continue to be segregated in reserves, their lands in the hands of the white men who came from across the seas.
After pushing the native Americans off their own lands, and developing it into their own booming economy, the newcomers are not going to just "give the land back" to the native Americans, right? Expecting the Han Chinese who have moved into Xinjiang to do the same with the Uighurs is similarly wishful thinking.
Telling others "What you are doing is wrong, stop it" is one thing. But another better way of doing things is to set an example, and show people "This is how you should be living in harmony with the native minorities in co-prosperity." If the U.S. can do that, it will be the true leader of a democratic system which believes in equality and human rights.
Until such a day comes, people in glass houses should not be throwing stones at others.
Disturbing video shows hundreds of blindfolded prisoners in Xinjiang
It is extremely sad to see minorities being targeted.
As the supposed leader of the free world, the U.S. has called on the Chinese government to stop its repression of minorities.
Locking up native minorities in camps, taking over their lands, pushing them into corners, widening income gap between the native minorities and the newcomers... this may sound like Xinjiang in 2019, but one must remember that this was also the case with the U.S and the native Americans. And is still the case, as native Americans continue to be segregated in reserves, their lands in the hands of the white men who came from across the seas.
After pushing the native Americans off their own lands, and developing it into their own booming economy, the newcomers are not going to just "give the land back" to the native Americans, right? Expecting the Han Chinese who have moved into Xinjiang to do the same with the Uighurs is similarly wishful thinking.
Telling others "What you are doing is wrong, stop it" is one thing. But another better way of doing things is to set an example, and show people "This is how you should be living in harmony with the native minorities in co-prosperity." If the U.S. can do that, it will be the true leader of a democratic system which believes in equality and human rights.
Until such a day comes, people in glass houses should not be throwing stones at others.
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