Massacres and Cover-ups, Part 2

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If you didn't know that the KMT government killed about 20,000 Taiwanese people in a one-month span in early 1947 and imprisoned about 140,000 more during the 40 years after, that's no accident. In Part 2 of a 2-part series, we share the way that the 228 Massacre and White Terror were handled since these events ended and the parallels to how governments handle similar events like the Tulsa Race Massacre and the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
Trigger warnings: violence, police/military brutality, totalitarian government.
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Credits:
"Making the Banned" by Jason Chu and Alan Z
"Ronny's Outro" feat. Ronny Chieng from Face Value by Jason Chu and Alan Z
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"Close to Home" by Vienna Teng (Spotify)
Cover image: modification of a photo by Hung Jui-chin for Taipei Times
See our show notes for links to further reading about the events described in this episode.
heartsintaiwan.com/blog/massacres-and-coverups

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Capitole

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Government playbook to erase history (00:00:47)

3. Tulsa Race Massacre (00:03:57)

4. Tiananmen Square Massacre (00:08:27)

5. Controlling information flow (00:11:42)

6. Hong Kong independence (00:14:03)

7. What happens after acknowledging wrongs of the past (00:16:21)

8. Daniel Tiger's model for good apologies (00:24:34)

9. Citizens can hold government accountable (00:26:44)

10. Leave us a voicemail & get a sticker! (00:28:59)

11. Closing and Credits (00:29:54)