China calls for accountability as Indigenous children died and abused in US boarding schools

Phoenix TV: The US Department of the Interior released the second volume of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report. The report disclosed that nearly 1,000 Indigenous children died while attending boarding schools operated or supported by the US government where many Indigenous children suffered from physical abuse there, and were forced to change beliefs and punished for using their Native languages. All these left intergenerational trauma on the Indigenous communities. What’s China’s comment? Lin Jian: China noted the report. The history of the founding of the US was also a history of the suffering of Native Americans. The maltreatment of Indigenous people was an original sin and the existence of those Indian boarding schools is the biggest evidence. Historically, the US committed cultural, psychological, and physical genocide of Native Americans, who even till today remain an invisible community and disappearing minority.  Regrettably, the US has long been evading and trying to cover up that dark chapter of history. Not only that, the US has been spreading disinformation about so-called “forced labor” and “forced assimilation” under the pretext of human rights against other countries. The US turns a blind eye to the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The US uses so-called “exterritoriality” to exonerate its troops that are responsible for gruesome crimes abroad, such as the death of civilians and the torture of prisoners. Is the report a genuine reflection on US historic crimes? Or is it just a perfunctory reaction to pressure? There seems to be a continued disconnect between what the US says and what it does. The historical injustice long suffered by Native Americans must receive full and serious attention and the human rights abuses inflicted by the US in the world must be addressed. The US needs to draw lessons from history, take a hard look at its track record, and stop its human rights abuses and using human rights as a pretext to interfere in other countries’ internal affairs. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!