Genocide In Residential Schools

Even if they are called different names, one being an example of genocide in classrooms everywhere, Residential Schools- if not worse, are very alike to the Nazi Concentration Camps in World War II. Slowly both the Concentration Camps and Residential Schools worsened in conditions and excessive genocide (LY-Starter). Eliminated from celebrating their own religion, both the Jewish and First Nations lost many aspects of their culture (ED starter). This was done by giving extreme punishment to the First Nation children or Jews when they were seen speaking or writing in their native tongue, a similar technique done by very different countries. Although they were not allowed to speak their mother language or even celebrate the traditions, in Residential
Any aspect of their culture was seen as horrible and wrong. Identities, something very close to culture, were also chosen to be taken away in both Residential Schools and Concentration Camps. Interestingly, both the camp and school choose to take away their names from them. In the Concentration Camps, it was common to give them numbers to use instead of names, while in Residential Schools their Aboriginal names were taken away and they were given Christian ones instead- a jab on taking away one's culture and identity. Something else that was used commonly was making everyone look the same. In both Residential Schools and Concentration Camps, everyone was dressed in the same clothes (subject starter), individuality was not tolerated. In the camp and in the school the women's hair were cut forcefully (prepositional starter). Hair, as mentioned before, was a sign of culture for many Aboriginals and for almost every woman hair is a sign of beauty and individuality. Withdrawing them from their culture and stealing their identities was a common goal in both situations (Ing-starter), taking away their spirits with it. Another common similarity was punishment, both the kids in Residential Schools and Jews Concentration Camps were severely punished, without a say in the matter. Although many in the camps and
For example, when a person was to escape a Jewish camp, everyone in the camp was punished for one person's deed. Similarly, in Residential Schools, it was common to make one student to do more work than other, even if she was not the one causing trouble. A sign of extreme abuse as punishment commonly used was the act of using their own people against them. In the story “Fatty Legs” it is shown that Olemaun Pokiak was forced to wear an article of clothing purposefully given to her to shame her by her Residential School teacher (who were nuns). It was also shown that the older students in the Residential Schools bullied the younger kids, usually for not knowing knowledge of English. In “Anne Frank” it was shown many times that in the Concentration Camps women and men worked for the camp, for extra food or shelter, even if they themselves were Jews. The First Nation and Jewish did get their cultures made to look like sins, and their own people turned against them in ways they thought not possible. Sadly, something else that was taken away from these people was their freedom. They were forced to stay in camps, forced against their religion and culture- forced assimilation and annihilation was something both