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Uyghur Youth Initiative video on genocide goes viral

Filmed by youth activists following a recent pro-Uyghur protest in Munich, the video has since had over 3 million views on TikTok and 7.5 million hits on Instagram.

Mukaddes Memet, left, Esma Memtimin and Amina Tursun in a new viral video made by the Uyghur Youth Initiative. (Video screen grabs)

(RNS) — “We’re neurosurgeons, of course we’re never home in time for dinner,” one doctor said on TikTok recently, following a tongue-in-cheek trend on the social media site in which users list their group’s stereotypes or defining characteristics.

“I’m a Costco girl, of course I eat the free sample,” said another creator in a video with 3.5 million views on Instagram.

“We’re from New Jersey, of course we...

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