"John" for his Asian Studies Project decided to do a project on religious prosecution in India. I knew he is very interested in this topic so I had a feeling his presentation was going to be really good and expressive with emotion. Since my parents are immigrants from India, this had 10x more of an effect than it probably would have if it was another country. It made me realize as a Canadian, we actually have the right to be whoever we want and believe in whatever we want to believe in. Others in third world countries get killed just for what they think is right, and as follower of a religion myself, it is disappointing to see how the world can't accept people for who they want to be. The presentation my class fellow gave, got me wondering about more religious groups being mistreated. Here is what I found;
The Holocaust - Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi regime, began to occupy as much of Europe as he could. As he occupied more places, the most targeted group by the Nazis were Jewish people. Many were placed in concentration camps and others were just killed. "Final solution" involved the massacre of 2 out of every 3 European Jews. Up to 6 million died. China and Tibet - Tibet is overall part of China, but Tibetans view themselves as different, due to their difference in cultures and who they identify themselves as. China however, wants to remain in power, and they want Tibetans to stay under the rule of the Chinese Communist government. To put an end to Dalai Lama's influence of Tibetans to be their own people, China have been killing many who protest Tibet to be it's own country. This conflict has been going on for a while and remains to this day.
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