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Of course, not all genocide occurs in the same way. In Rwanda, there was a long history of animosity between the Tutsi and the Hutu. The two groups were engaged in outright warfare against each other. Therefore, there was more of a basis for actual distrust, hatred, and even murder, because of ongoing bi-lateral hostilities between the groups. What really pushed the situation towards genocide in Rwanda was the use of children as soldiers. Taken while they were still very young and formative, these children were used as cannon fodder, and those that survived were frequently stripped of the ability to empathize or any of the other characteristics that most people consider human. In turn, these children became the leaders, the parents, of the new generation, and they could not teach what they themselves did not know.
Not all ethnic cleansing programs are in the form of genocide. On the contrary, horrific ethnic cleaning programs in Bosnia and other locations have heavily relied upon the use of sexual violence against non-combatant...
This is actually a very easy to explain component of ethnic cleansing programs. Almost by definition, sexual violence involves the degradation and dehumanization of the victim. In the highly-charged racist atmosphere that is present in genocidal scenarios, women in the victimized ethnic groups have already been dehumanized, making it a simple thing to victimize them.
While the misconception is that genocide occurs for no reason that is simply not true. Genocide may find its roots in struggles over natural resources, such as in Rwanda, or it may have a religious basis, as in Serbia, or be based on a country's desire to strip a group of its financial resources, like in Nazi Germany; however, there is an underlying cause for genocidal behavior. Because the dominant group does profit from such behavior, genocide is understandable. However, that does not make genocide acceptable. There are always people who stand up and refuse to participate in these scenarios, despite the fact that doing so places them in great personal danger.
Ethnic Cleansing Among African Tribes Ethnic Cleansing Can past and present campaigns for ethnic cleansing among some African tribes be attributed to illiteracy? While empirical evidence exists supporting some evidence that illiteracy may contribute a small amount to ethnic cleansing, it is not the primary impetus behind mass genocide. Research shows that campaigns for ethnic cleansing among certain African tribes cannot be entirely prevented with only the eradication of illiteracy because of
While under the conditions of crushing poverty and without a strong movement based on the working class and peasantry and are able to explain and fight for a socialist alternative to the devastation that capitalism and imperialism brought along, conflicts that arise from religious and ethnic differences are bound to develop (Simpson, 2004). Simpson (2004) further writes that the reactionary elements within many ethnic groupings have intervened into the
Genocide The second most studied instance of genocide is the methodical killing of the Armenian population that lived in the Ottoman Empire during and following the First World War. However, there were also other ethnic groups that were targeted by the Ottoman Empire during the same period such as Greeks and Assyrians murdered in a broader context of killing non-Muslims (Dixon, 2010). There are some historians who consider those groups to
In other words, until the amount of the dead is considered high enough to have an internal effect, there will be little or no aid to the endangered population. Summaries "Eyewitness Testimony" Raphael Lempkin was a man who escaped Nazism in 1939 and came to the U.S. After the war, he worked with the League of Nations to ensure that crimes against a group of people would be punished. He is credited
Although at a declarative level, genocide is considered to be one of the greatest crimes against humanity, few countries are actually wiling to become actively involved in stopping it. In the last decade there have been numerous examples of the UN failing to prevent the death of millions of people throughout the world. Maybe the most significant example is Rwanda; there was a general trend among the Security Council
Genocide in the 20th and 21st Centuries Prompt: Sadly, genocide did not end with the Holocaust. In fact, a lot more people have died from genocide since World War II than were victims of it in the war itself. How and why has this happened? What have been the steps taken to prevent, stop, and punish in regards to genocide since 1945? Have these efforts been successful or not? Explain why.