Kinda rich really coming from someone reinforcing an oppressor’s agenda, that’s narrative control.
It’s never about identity that’s a scapegoat for the pursuit of power & upholding the status quo Anti-Intellectual/Anti-Communist/Anti-Socialist/Anti-Atheist that’s what they have all in common among others.-
Slavery in the United States:
The enslavement of African people was justified through racial ideologies that positioned Black people as inferior. This system was to build and maintain economic power for white landowners. -
Colonialism:
European powers used racial ideologies to justify the colonization and exploitation of people in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The idea of the “white man’s burden” was used to legitimize control over these regions. -
Nazi Germany:
The Nazis both race and gender in their pursuit of power. They propagated the idea of Aryan racial superiority and used anti-Semitic ideologies to justify the Holocaust. They also enforced traditional gender roles to control the population. -
Apartheid in South Africa:
This was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 until the early 1990s. The system was used to maintain political and economic control by the white minority over the non-white majority. -
Gender Discrimination:
Throughout history, women have often been oppressed and denied the same rights as men. This has been used to maintain patriarchal power structures. Examples include denying women the right to vote, own property, or access education. -
Rwandan Genocide:
In 1994, ethnic tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi people led to a genocide where approximately 800,000 Tutsis were killed by ethnic Hutus. This was a clear case of using race/ethnicity as a scapegoat to gain power. -
The caste system in India:
This is a system of social stratification and discrimination that is based on birth. It has been used to maintain social control and economic power. -
Cambodian Genocide:
The Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, led by Pol Pot, killed an estimated 1.7 to 2 million people. The basis was political and social, as the Khmer Rouge sought to create a classless agrarian society and targeted intellectuals, city dwellers, ethnic minorities, and religious groups. -
Guatemalan Genocide (Silent Holocaust):
The Guatemalan military conducted a campaign of mass murder and rape against the indigenous Maya population, killing tens of thousands. The basis was ethnic and political, as the military government saw the Maya as being associated with communism.
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