Qasim Rashid, Esq.Nov 24, 2022

Today is Thanksgiving Day, and it is also the National Day of Mourning, which remembers the genocide of millions of Native Americans and their ongoing erasure today.

In giving thanks today, let us also reflect and act to stop the ongoing genocide of America's Indigenous Peoples.

Show threadMikeNov 24, 2022
@QasimRashid Ongoing genocide? Please explain.
Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.Nov 24, 2022
@MWilson This is why I made the last comment about educating ourselves. Here's one of several examples of documented ongoing genocide of Indigenous Americans: https://psmag.com/ideas/will-canada-reckon-with-the-ongoing-genocide-of-indigenous-women
When Will North America Reckon With the Ongoing Genocide of Indigenous Women?

A two-year study by a Canadian commission has declared that a genocide is taking place—but the only people who seem to care are indigenous.

Pacific Standard
Show threadMikeNov 24, 2022

@QasimRashid Thank you for the response! I read some of the report, and the data. Calling it genocide is, IMO, hyperbolic and counter-productive.

I also think that article was written by a racist. They’re offended that Trudeau wouldn’t say the genocide is ongoing, but then they include this gem:

“You can lead white people to water and they'll colonize it, another of my aunties says.”

Show threadJohnnyNov 24, 2022
@MWilson @QasimRashid HI, I hear what you're saying. Might I suggest looking at indigenous genocide as a global issue. Any marginalization of them should be added to the list of issues since the beginning of colonialism, which continues by utilizing green colonialism. Be it large-scale development, assimilation, or eradication of land rights, awareness is usually lacking. Sometimes hyperbole is what it takes to bring awareness and start a conversation. Be well. Peace unto you.
Show threadJeff Clough

@DocJ6 @MWilson @QasimRashid
It might be helpful to explain we're using "genocide" in the cultural sense when in the "ongoing" context. This is not literal genocide, which is killing people based on nationality or ethnicity.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying erasing a culture is okay. But calling it genocide is hyperbolic and makes you sound like a troll.

What the US has done to Native American culture is bad enough to justify complaints that are entirely legitimate. Don't exaggerate.

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Show threadNew GoliathNov 25, 2022

@jeffclough @DocJ6 @MWilson @QasimRashid look at the numbers of indigenous women still bring sterilized and still just disappearing.

These days genocide isn't mass graves. It's called "planning" and the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Show threadJeff CloughNov 25, 2022
@NewGoliath @DocJ6 @MWilson @QasimRashid i certains agree Native Americans are being horribly mistreated, both individually and as a group.
Show threadMikeNov 25, 2022
@QasimRashid @jeffclough @DocJ6 Cultural genocide is happening to the Uyghurs on China. It isn’t happening to First Nations people today. It *did* happen in the past, of course.