Yeah, I agree on the part that the vast majority of americans have no idea who the Uyghurs are. I do not fully consider what is happening genocide, more like cultural erasure, which some academics say is a form of genocide, and I can see why. The thing that gets me is when the same people who are like “it’s not a genocide they are just making them conform to chinese society” also view things like the native american residential schools as a form of genocide. Though I think a lot of the US has some vague idea china is wiping out sub-ethnic groups in china.
Yeah, I agree on the part that the vast majority of americans have no idea who the Uyghurs are. I do not fully consider what is happening genocide, more like cultural erasure, which some academics say is a form of genocide, and I can see why. The thing that gets me is when the same people who are like “it’s not a genocide they are just making them conform to chinese society” also view things like the native american residential schools as a form of genocide. Though I think a lot of the US has some vague idea china is wiping out sub-ethnic groups in china.