Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth in wake of storm

Re:Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth i... by zdragnar on Monday December 26, 2022 @12:28PM (#34139699)

Many of those crossing illegally are also descendants of repressed peoples, either African and / or already native at the time of Spanish settlement. They come from communities facing brutal repression, either at the hands of government military or drug cartels.

You seem to view the world as if any of these problems are unique to America.

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Re:Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth i... by ethanbond on Monday December 26, 2022 @12:47PM (#34139896)

Well yes, the problem of being targeted by a centuries-long genocide campaign carried out by and within the borders of the wealthiest and most advanced nation on earth is, in fact, unique to American indigenous peoples.

I'm not saying "bad things only happen to native Americans." I'm saying "the American campaign of genocide against native Americans only happened to native Americans."

At this point you seem to be willfully ignoring the numerous modern day examples of injustices perpetrated on these people. This is not some long-gone history. As mentioned in other threads, governments kidnapped native children as recently as the 1970s. They showed up to houses, stole children, shipped those children to boarding schools to be raped, tortured, and killed en masse - optimistically to be brainwashed out of their culture. Governments are continuing to wrestle natural resources from tribes as recently as today. Right now. Across the entire country.

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