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SEPARATING FAMILIES

from *WILL WE SURVIVE? by Steve Shapiro

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The Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border to discourage crossings is both unnecessary and cruel. It is both immoral and disgraceful.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders attempted to justify it by using the Bible, citing Romans 13, which was also used to justify slavery.

America has been a place where children are torn from the arms of their parents since the time of slavery. As soon as they were old enough to work, young black children could be sold off. In many cases, these children never saw their families again.

Later, the U.S. decided to pursue a similar approach with Native American children, sending them to government-run boarding schools in the late 19th century. Col. Richard Pratt, who founded the first such school, believed the establishments would help Native Americans assimilate into Eurocentric American culture. He lived by a motto: “Kill the Indian, save the man.” The boarding schools lasted into the 20th century.

Trump’s policy, it seems, is just the latest example of American leaders invoking government authority to keep families of color physically apart.

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from *WILL WE SURVIVE?, track released June 17, 2018

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Steve Shapiro Oakland, California

Steve Shapiro has composed music for hundreds of radio and TV commercials, documentary films, infomercials and other TV programs. He was the music director at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, which produced hundreds of award-winning educational films and recordings. He has a BA in Music from Brown University and an MA in Music from the Manhattan School of Music. ... more

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