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radicalurbanista:

'Heartbreaking' conditions in US migrant child camp

An investigation by the BBC has uncovered alarming conditions at a child migrant camp in Texas.

BBC News

June 23, 2021

Five months into Biden’s presidency, thousands of children continue to be tortured inside U.S. concentration camps.

text transcript:

“Findings from the BBC’s investigation include allegations of sexual abuse, Covid and lice outbreaks, a child waiting hours for medical attention, a lack of clean clothes and hungry children being served undercooked meat.”

“Staff told the BBC the food was mostly edible, but a 15-year-old who has now been released said he was fed uncooked meat. “Sometimes the chicken had blood, the meat was very red. We couldn’t stand our hunger and we ate it, but we got sick from it.”

A number of tents have also been set up just to accommodate the large numbers of sick children - the children have nicknamed it ‘Covid city’.

“Hundreds of children have tested positive for Covid,” said one employee who asked to remain anonymous because staff are banned from speaking about the camp.”

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mycenaae:

(tw for dehumanization, child death, racism, anti-indigenous violence, genocide, cultural genocide) 

the remains of 215 children were recently uncovered in a mass grave on the site of a former residential school in kamloops, bc. the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation conducted this survey on the grounds of the kamloops indian residential school. some of the children whose bodies were found were as young as three years old. the school operated as a residential school from 1893 to 1977 under the control of the catholic church and, later, the canadian government. neither the church nor the government can currently be held legally accountable for this, as one of the conditions of the TRC agreement between them and survivors.

here are some easily-found resources for self-educating and to support indigenous peoples and communities - please feel free to add more & to seek information for yourself: 

- 11 indigenous organizations to support (elle canada); i encourage people to do their own research, but these are good places to start 

- canadian charities helping indigenous communities in canada (true north aid); see above caveat 

- reconciliation canada - get involved ; options to volunteer, donate, and learn

- twitter thread of indigenous-owned businesses 

- twitter thread of links in support of the no more stolen sisters movement (focusing on justice for and prevention of missing & murdered indigenous women and girls) 

- twitter thread of information and resources (including some linked above) to inform yourself about the ongoing genocide and cultural genocide of indigenous peoples in canada. 

- indian residential schools survivors society - donate 

it’s been three weeks since the kamloops discovery and:

- multiple indigenous communities are now undertaking scans of the sites of former residential schools for unmarked graves, in light of the kamloops discovery.

- the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation has found up to 104 potential graves at brandon residential school, only 78 of which were accounted for in school records. 

- the Cowessess First Nation has found an estimated 751 unmarked graves near the former marieval residential school, which only closed in 1997. this school has been closed for less than 25 years. let it sink in.

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