For anyone shocked about the revelation of the sterilization of Uyghur women and wondering how this could possibly happen, the sad truth is is that it& #39;s not the first time it& #39;s happened. History is filled with horrifying cases of mass sterilization against Indigenous people /1
In Peru, the Alberto Fujimori presidency issued mass sterilization against the Indigenous groups like the Quechuas and the Aymaras in the disguise of a health policy which in reality was meant to enforce a decline of birth rates /2 https://newrepublic.com/article/151599/dont-talk-perus-forced-sterilizations">https://newrepublic.com/article/1...
In Puerto Rico, a colony controlled by the US, Puerto Ricans were subjected to sterilization as a policy in response to poverty in the island as eugenicists assumed that reducing the poverty rate would alleviate poverty /6 http://eugenicsarchive.ca/discover/connections/530ba18176f0db569b00001b">https://eugenicsarchive.ca/discover/...
Sadly, these are only a few examples of mass sterilization in the world. What& #39;s happening to the Uyghurs shows that little has changed since. It& #39;s another part of the horrific saga of the mistreatment of Indigenous people worldwide. And we should all be outraged /7
This is why fighting for the freedom of Uyghurs is an important anti-colonial struggle just like any other anti-colonial struggle. Colonialism targets reproduction in its effort to eradicate Indigenous people and to assert dominance over the land. We must break this cycle /End
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