[Chuck B.]

We have heard and read about ethnic or racial cleansing in parts of the world: The Holocaust, Rwanda, most recently Kosovo. Did not the pioneers and early settlers of this country practice racial cleansing regarding Native Americans?

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Name : Chuck B., Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, City : Pendleton, State : OR, Country : United States, Occupation : Retired, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[Lucy H]

Ethinic cleansing definitely happened in North America. The continent was populated by many different societies of people commonly refered to as Native Americans. After Europeans came to the continent, most of these societies were wiped out. The majority of the people who immigrated to the continent did not have the intention of wiping out entire groups of people. But the British governement definitely had the intention of wiping people out to make room for its own people. After the United States was formed, Manifest Destiny became government policy. Manifest Destiny basically said that the people of the United States had a God-given right to steal the continent from the Native Americans. The Indian wars were about nothing more than killing the Native Americans and taking their land.

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Name : Lucy H, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Age : 24, City : San Jose, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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