[FRIAM] The World Turned Upside Down (and what to do about it)

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But did the Mexican Repatriation also include things like rape, burning villages, and indiscriminant execution?  I can imagine it did, but would rather not believe it.

It's still so jarring to me, given the cultural appropriation of Buddhism in Western developed countries, to hear phrases like "nationalist Buddhists" and such.  With Israel, I grew up with the contradiction of the Jews I knew, who were entirely kind and intellectual, versus those confiscating land from Arabs.  So, I've been exposed to that dissonance all my life.  But my only exposure to Buddhism as a kid was through my CCD teacher, who probably had a *very* stilted understanding.

On 09/14/2017 06:31 PM, Steven A Smith wrote:
> Right here in River City (well, mostly California, but throughout the US) the 1930's "Mexican Repatriation Act" deported on the order of 1-2M US Citizens because of their ethnicity (along with a smaller number of non-Citizens more recently immigrated from Mexico), qualifying for our modern definition of "ethnic cleansing". 

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