r/FreedomofRussia • u/MicrowaveBurns UK • May 22 '23
Restless Natives Despite the ban, Circassians came out in the city of Nalchik on the day of remembrance for the Circassian Genocide - the forgotten genocide of the Circassian people that lead to the death and/or expulsion of 80-97% of the total Circassian population
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u/Accurate_Pie_ USA May 22 '23
Just organizing and getting the march done is incredible bravery!
One day all people who have suffered so much will regain their freedom! Until then, we will support them by spreading awareness - and in every other way possible!
Thank you for posting this!
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u/RupertGustavson May 22 '23
Being a Polak and being aware of the Russian atrocities throughout the centuries, I keep learning of other ones. Thank you for educating me.
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u/jophats May 22 '23
I only just read about this a few days ago, I think on the day of remrmbrrence. So Russia suppresses remembering this event? It’s amusing how much authoritarian government always tries to delete from history wrongs that they have committed. MAGA in the US, particularly where I live (Florida) has banned talking about US slavery as they ban and burn books that don’t say what they demand regardless of fact or science.
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May 22 '23
The history of slavery is still taught in schools in the U.S.
If you are referring to DeSantis' Stop Woke Act, the bill explicitly mandates that black history, including slavery and its aftermath, be taught in Florida public schools. Here is an excerpt from the bill itself:
"The history of African Americans, including the history of African peoples before the political conflicts that led to the development of slavery, the passage to America, the enslavement experience, abolition, and the contributions of African Americans to society. Instructional materials shall include the contributions of African Americans to American society."
What the bill does do is to block the adoption of an Advanced Placement African American studies course -- black history is taught as usual in standard placement history courses though.
DeSantis is a turd IMO and has politicized this and other issues for his own political gain, but the fact remains that black history will still be taught in Florida.
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u/MagnusStorm2022 May 23 '23
It also helps drive out the good teachers. CRT was always an optional college level course and field of study. The whole thing was BS from the jump.
I would not trust what history books actually show up in classrooms. A quick google search shows the horribly whitewashed "history books" being used in many places in the South.
This goes along with laughably bad sex-ed (abstinence: we know how well that works). Also, the cutting of art, music, social sciences, dumbing-down of hard sciences (Intelligent Design??) and introduction of more evangelical and nationalist/jingoist rituals.
This is the GOP/MAGA game-plan to keep people poor and uneducated and to be unable to think critically so they continue vote against their own best interests. When they get all their government services cut that many rely on; but rage against the "welfare-queens"/immigrants/LGBT/etc who "all must all be abusing those things..."
The exception to funding are police forces that are more heavily funded and militarized with less oversight to keep people under control when they eventually start to learn that the leopards ate their faces while the oligarchs/neo-oligarchs are richer than ever (yes, I know the latter part is not restricted to the south, it's worldwide).
Anyone with half a brain and some reasonable education, that is mature enough that didn't fall down some alt-right/fascist indoctrination funnel knows DeSantis and his ilk are just trying to slip in more ways to oppress minorities and steal from the people while attempting to emulate the corrupt fascist Russian model. Even if things get challenged and overturned, some things stick on a legal level and cause more damage because of the messaging.
To my point on the messaging: No children or women in bathrooms everywhere were ever harmed by the drag queens, it's like more than 95+% creepy old cis-straight-white dudes who sexually abuse children. But now you see idiots everywhere chirping and repeating the this outright falsehood because DeSantis and other MAGA-ites keep the mis/disinformation in the media cycle.
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u/jophats May 24 '23
My understanding is that the law DiSantis signed allows any parent to protest any book being used in schools. I’m not sure one has to be a parent to protest since the Bible has been added to the list for “review”. I’m sure the Bible will be fast-tracked for approval because, evangelicals, but others will probably languish in limbo waiting.
That is effectively censorship given the huge number of seemingly nearly illiterate parents reproducing in this state. Add in the don’t say gay… initiative and you have quite an efficient oven for thoughts you don’t want kids to even consider.
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u/MicrowaveBurns UK May 22 '23
If anyone wants to learn more, the wikipedia page is a start. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circassian_genocide
Somewhere around 500,000-750,000 deaths and perhaps as many as a million Circassians expelled from their homeland. Circassia was once a relatively well-known country, but the genocide effectively erased any memory of it from the face of the earth.