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Related: About this forumLast Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - China & Uighurs
John Oliver discusses the human rights abuses the Uighur people are facing at the hands of the Chinese government, and why those atrocities are worth our undivided attention.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - China & Uighurs (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Jul 2020
OP
Powerful. And you know it's worse than anyone outside China actually knows ... (nt)
mr_lebowski
Jul 2020
#1
He must have excellent researchers to come up with these detailed stories.
Rhiannon12866
Jul 2020
#2
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. Powerful. And you know it's worse than anyone outside China actually knows ... (nt)
Rhiannon12866
(206,083 posts)2. He must have excellent researchers to come up with these detailed stories.
And he does a compelling and complete job in presenting them. Heartwrenching...
Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)3. Thank you for posting!
Cheers to John Oliver for reporting on this issue.
Thanks!
Rhiannon12866
(206,083 posts)4. He always manages to come up with something that we need to know about
And makes it compelling, but still entertaining. Like his mentor Jon Stewart said back in the day, we're now getting our news from the comedy shows!
Warpy
(111,358 posts)5. It should work just about as well as the Indian schools did here
Kids snatched from their families, their hair cut off, their clothes burned, abused if they were overheard speaking their own languages, marched off to church instead of being allowed their own beliefs.
I've met some people who "benefited" from that system. Their scars are deep and they most certainly did not assimilate.
Rhiannon12866
(206,083 posts)6. Good analogy
Different culture, same prejudices.