The erasure of how people keep and style their hair is a part of every genocide. They come up with ways to justify it every time, excuses for why it’s necessary. But the real point is to erase a person’s identity and their connection to their culture.
They do this in US prisons as well, for that very same reason.
Source? I never had “hygeine” or grooming requirements in prison. I did in the Marines though.
Edit: It seems the shitty state prisons require it for “lice”…
https://www.grunge.com/1221963/why-some-inmates-have-to-shave-their-heads-before-entering-prison/
I grew up being told that my indigenous hairstyles were against dress code or were inappropriate. Wasnt till high school that I put my foot down and refused to shave my Mohawk.
60 minutes interviewed the photojournalist Philip Holsinger. He says as much when discussing the pictures of them bound, shaved and wearing all white.
Just curious, but why is there a camera/photographer there at that moment? I this to show how tough the “criminals” are treated?
Yep, it was a PR stunt to show how tough they are to “criminals”.
The sad thing is for a moment I couldn’t tell if this was an old photo or something that just happened…
Edit: Ohh fuck that’s not an old photo? I hate reality.
I’m sure if you asked a holocaust survivor what the procedure for entering Dachau or Auschwitz was like it would be very similar.
Unsurprising, since CECOT isn’t like a concentration camp, it is a concentration camp.
Genuinely so disturbing that people are cheering this on, both in general and in the context of these folks being just regular people.
USA is a fascist genocidal empire. Yeah it’s disturbing. But what else do you expect?
if i were a revolutionary that wanted to fight this new fascism, i would be identifying and eliminating key figures in this chain of command between the top and the bottom. sever the links. that would be much more effective than large scale protests.
Do the research, name the names and people could create the modded servers so it could start being done.
In Minecraft.
It’s a slave prison right? What’s to stop us from crowdfunding and buying them back? Bringing them home?
It’s a concentration camp. And yes, you can probably pay for people to get out of there.
Well at least MAGA saved us from this guy, right? I feel so much safer and freer knowing this guy’s job is now open for some young woman who didn’t like school.
Is he someone Trump deported? All the title says is that he’s in an El Salvador prison and even that isn’t cited.
Edit: Found an article. Yes, Trump deported him.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuelan-migrants-deportations-el-salvador-prison-60-minutes/
Good question, and +1 for looking up the answer yourself. Just googling his name clears it up.
Putting down people who want to be
hair stylistsmakeup artists isn’t the answer here.The guy’s a makeup artist, but you have a point.
There is no way my brain is firing on all cylinders today… Going to fix that, thanks
