If you could stop a murderer, would you? What about a serial killer? How about genocide, would you stop it? Throughout history there have been many attempts to stop genocide such as international laws being put into place, but all of these attempts have been in vain because genocide has been a recurring issue throughout modern time. Cases such as the Bosnian “ethnic cleansing”(Document I) just goes to show that Genocidal acts cannot be stopped. Which brings us to the question of can genocide be resolved? To be able to answer this we first need to know what genocide means. Genocide is described as the intentional mass murder of an entire race, religion, or ethnic group(Document B). Now I do not believe that humanity will ever see an end to
In Document B it states that it took around four decades to bring members of the nazi party to the court. By this point it seemed laughable that any government would prosecute an 80 year old man for something he may have been forced into doing. Furthermore, Document J also gives us insight on how slowly people can take to respond to this usually shrugged off topic. The document J clearly states that by the time NATO and the US had decided to interfere with the actions occurring in Bosnia the “ethnic cleansing” was mostly done already. Now you may say that at least powerful countries are trying to intervene with the onslaught of humans in other countries and that this is a step forward in resolving the issue of genocide and although this may all be true, it is the timing and natural disorganization of humans that will keep genocide going for as long as humans
In Document G you can see what is shown to be a black man having his nose measured and eye color checked by a white man. This man is being classified into a group based on his physical features which is dividing the general public and making the minority feel inferior. Document I talked about how Bosnian Muslims were targeted by the government and how the government installed prejudice into the general public causing them to do nothing to stop this. Document K list all of the modern genocides just going to show how much more of a dangerous weapon prejudice has become in the modern day. Now if you're scratching your head wondering “well with time people may become more accepting of people, right?” and the answer to this question is short and simple; No. No matter how you distribute people throughout the world, there will always be a minority and when things arrive to such a negative extent politicians will try to blame the problem on them so the people have a face to blame while they try to fix their wrong doing. So in short people need a scapegoat and will choose the most defenseless people they can
The word genocide was derived from the Greek root genos (people) and the Latin root cide (killing), and did not exist in the English language until 1944, which was the end of World War II (Power). According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, genocide is “the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.” Such violence occurred during the Holocaust and during the separation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The problems of ethnic cleansing and repression have become so prevalent in the last century that they have contributed to two world wars, over fourteen million deaths, and a new word. United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, said, “Far from being consigned to history, genocide and its ilk remain a serious threat. Not just vigilance but a willingness to act are as important today as ever.”
Can genocide ever be stopped? For decades the UN (United Nations) has tried to abolish all kinds of genocide; unfortunately, we do not believe in equality as a species, and this perfect utopia seems impossible in our day and age. In 1994, during the genocide in Rwanda (one of the bloodiest genocides of all time) the United Nations tried to make a stand and stop this massacre once and for all. Grievously, the UN’s mission terminated due to the lack of resources; the UN military was forced to watch while the genocide continued(Document A). Genocide has been occurring for decades, anything from clans like the KKK to the extermination of Jews during WW2. Genocides happened to a multitude of minorities, ironically, no one has made a considerable stand to stop them. Generally speaking, the abolishing of genocide seems unattainable in our modern day due to 3 reasons: Lack of media attention, Human innate stubbornness, and abominable people.
Gone are the days of legalized slavery, of Nazi Germany, of women being incapable of having a notable opinion. No longer is there a system of racial segregation adopted by an entire country, complete white supremacy or lynchings performed by the Ku Klux Klan. Yet, although we are no longer exposed to such past experiences and despite us living in a world where diversity is embraced more than ever, the existence of prejudice remains. Today we have universally come to accept multiculturalism, varied ethnic backgrounds and those populations who historically were forever stigmatized. But in spite of these developments prejudice has manifested itself in other, more subtle ways and no matter how modernized society become such unfavourable attitudes
For the past centuries, the world has endured mass human extinctions and brutal violence from the well-known holocaust to the under recognized Rwanda genocide. According to Dictionary.com, genocide is the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. Genocide has been occurring for centuries and centuries and continues to occur in countries such as Syria, Nigeria, Iraq and many more. These recent genocides are mostly occurring at the hands of extremist groups such as Boko Haram and ISIS
Genocide is a huge problem in today’s society. While there are laws set down to handle cases where genocide occurs, the idea and premise of genocide and all that it entails is still widely debatable. It’s difficult to put a label and definition on a term that, while it has a long history of existence, is very rare and unknown to the common man. When I say rare, genocide only occurs in very extreme cases and situations, but it doesn’t make it any less of a horrible crime.
Greenfield, Daniel M. "Crime of Complicity in Genocide: How the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia Got It Wrong, and Why It Matters." The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 98.3 (2008): 921-24. HeinOnline. Web. 18 Apr. 2011.
Then in 1992, Bosnia declared its independence from Yugoslavia. Soon after, the Bosnian Serbians wanted to take power in Bosnia in April 1992, and wanted to kill the Muslim population of Bosnia. The Bosnian genocide was a war that started in 1992 and ended in 1995. The purpose of learning about genocide is that we can be aware of what a genocide is, considering that there are many different definitions of genocide.
When the Belgian colonizers entered Rwanda in 1924, they created an ethnic classification between the Hutu and the Tutsi, two tribes who used to live together as one. After independence in 1962, there was a constant power struggle between the two tribes. Former Canadian Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Chrétien described the situation as “tribalism without tribes.” (Destexhe, 1995) There were many signs leading towards genocide, yet the nations in power chose to ignore them. From April 6, 1994 until mid-July, a time spanning approximately of 100 days, 800,000 people were murdered when the Hutu attacked the Tutsi. No foreign aid came to the rescue until it was too late. Ten years after the genocide the United Nations was still involved in Rwanda, cleaning up the mess that was left behind because of man’s sinful nature. Could the Rwandan Genocide have been prevented, or is it simply a fact of life? Even though the international community is monitoring every country and race, such an event as the Rwandan Genocide could occur again because the European colonizers introduced ethnic classification where it did not exist and the nations in power chose to ignore the blatant signs of genocide.
To start off with, what is genocide? Genocide is the killing of a massive number of people of in a group. Genocide has not only been practices in the present day, but it has been practiced for m...
...different backgrounds and views. No matter what the situation everybody always believes they are getting treated wrongly. The evolution of race relations have changed from certain ethnic groups getting treated wrongly, to every ethnic group at some point getting treated wrongly. There is no way of fixing this problem. Many believe that peace can be achieved, but that is just not probable. If everybody worked together to make a change it is possible, but that is the problem. It is not easy to get everybody on the same page because they are too stubborn and like how the world is. This slows the racial evolution down because the only way to make the change is to get everybody on board. A lot of convincing will have to take place for this, which is why it is not probable. This is why the racial evolution of old, will stay the same way it has throughout history thus far.
The United Nations did not prevent that future genocide. Sadly, there are many genocides that occurred after the Holocaust (i.e. the Bosnian genocide) despite the term “never again”. Many countries refuse to intervene and help the people suffering in the genocide for their own selfish reasons. They don't want to send their troops or help with food and necessities because of the possible financial impact to their own country. However, once the people committing the genocide multiply and pose a threat to more countries, the international community must help in order to prevent the genocide from entering their own countries. The world didn't get involve in both the Holocaust and the Bosnian genocide until the German empire and the Serbs in Bosnia, respectively, became very powerful and dangerous to the surrounding areas. The only way to prevent genocide is to destroy it on impact and not wait for six million to perish
In December 1948, the then members of the United Nations General Assembly, without contention, passed the Convention on Genocide. It defined what the crime of genocide entailed and that it was an act to be prevented and its perpetrators punished. It has been 66 years since then and we have not been able to fulfill this promise - shattering its very principles time and time again - in places such as Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda or Darfur. Man - a supposedly civilized species - has not been able to resist the urge to systematically destroy the 'undesirable' members of a society. There has been and always will be characteristics which define and divide us - race, religion, caste and culture, among others. Classification is the first and ever-present stage of genocide - there will always be an "us" and a proverbial "them". Although prejudice is human nature and may be pardonable, acting upon prejudice is not.
As a conclusion, Rwanda and Bosnia genocide was about ethnic conflicts for gaining power or for land, mass murders, area destructions, civilians deaths, hiding evidence and many more. Also genocide has different stages to categories its specification such as classification, symbolisms, discrimination, dehumanization, extermination, preparation and many more. As the end of genocide there were deaths of some ethnic groups too which are hardly found or known as minority groups. We should further inspire and encourage future world people to prevent such a tragedy like the Rwanda and Bosnia and other genocide conflict from ever happening again.
Prejudice refers to one’s biased opinions and ideas of others, based on secondary information. Hence, the internalized ideas concerning the prejudiced members in society does not result from personal experiences, but information from third parties. Where prejudice is prevalent, the social relationships between the concerned individuals become strained and unmanageable. The existence of equality in society discourages the frequency of prejudice on racial grounds. The content of this discussion explores the concept of prejudice, as it relates to racial inequality and discrimination. The discussion features the Emmanuel AME Church shooting scenario, which characterizes racial discrimination and inequality. The discussion further examines the role
Imagine waking up one day to the thundering of blows given at the door telling you to “open up or be shot down.” It is the Serb police, and they are telling you that you and your whole family had to leave your home immediately. This is how it went for many Albanian people during what some Serb extremists called “demographic genocide.” This was the beginning of what many would call the Kosovo War, and it lasted from March to June 1999. After NATO’s intervention in Kosovo, something strange happened. Now the people being victimized were the Serbs and anyone who was “friendly” to them. In this paper, I will speak about what happened before and after the war in Kosovo.