US not qualified to be human rights judge

The 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report the State Department of the United States released last month was riddled with baseless accusations against other countries, while whitewashing the record of the US.

Year after year, the US sings the same old tune, concocting such "human rights reports" that are full of false information demonizing others while beautifying itself. It only exposes how dark it is becoming under its beacon of human rights, and the hypocrisy of those US politicians weaponizing human rights for their own narrow ends.

Releasing the report, the US claimed that it was "committed to promoting the security, prosperity, and values enjoyed by Americans around the world". This statement was outrageous and undoubtedly slapped itself in the face. In the 600-page report, the US used less than half a page to downplay its own problems, showing the old problem of selective forgetfulness remains.

The US not only has a dark history of human trafficking, but also a terrible present reality of human trafficking.

The US is simply not qualified to be a "human rights teacher" and "human rights judge".

The history of the US is stained with the blood of the brutal slave trade. Even after the US announced the abolition of slavery in 1865, many southern states promulgated a series of laws that imposed segregation or other discriminatory policies on African Americans. To this day, systemic racial discrimination still exists, which has become one of the destabilizing factors in the US.

Today, human trafficking and forced labor can be found everywhere in the US. The victims include both domestic and foreign citizens from almost every region in the world, including vulnerable groups such as women, children, and the disabled. Fortune magazine has pointed out: "Human trafficking is not only an epidemic in the United States, but also a big business." Due to the huge profits and the US government's lack of supervision and weak law enforcement, the problem has boomed in the US.

But the issue of human trafficking is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to human rights issues in the US. In recent years, especially since the outbreak of the epidemic, the systematic discrimination faced by minorities, native Americans, refugees and immigrants has become more prominent. In the face of its own poor human rights record, the US does not have a leg to stand on when playing the "human rights card" to interfere in other countries' internal affairs.

Demonizing others does not beautify the US and it only makes its image darker.