Lost horizons - The suppression of a nation's soul

This was a comment left by Harbi in response to my earlier post, however I felt deserved its own post and a wider readership.
Sarah

Fifty years ago the peaceful land of Tibet was taken over by a Marxist superstate. Since then millions of migrants have been resettled in Tibet so that now:

• The Tibetans are a minority in their own country.
• Their religion has been persecuted and temples destroyed/converted for other uses.
• Symbols of Tibetan culture are banned.
• The Tibetan language has been replaced in education.
• Political dissent is ruthlessly crushed.
• The beautiful and fragile natural environment of Tibet has been vandalised, looted and polluted.
• Native Tibetans are discriminated against in employment.
• Tibetan women are encouraged to have abortions to 'manage' the population.

Does anything sound familiar about this scenario?

Are the Tibetans "racist knuckle-draggers" for protesting about what's happened to them?