Mass genocide is one of the most immoral crimes any ruling authority such as the government or the president can try against its people. The general meaning of "Genocide" is the aim to destroy or kill individuals on account of their race, convictions, or even political and economic status. Legitimate expert, Raphael Lemkin made the expression "Genocide" in 1944. Lemkin a Polish Attorney, joined the antiquated Greek word "genos" which implies race and the Latin word "cide" which means executing (what-is-genocide, 2009). Many people who actually practice genocide would say genocide is acceptable. However, those individuals who think life is the most significant thing in universe, would say genocide can’t be justified forever, if we look at the …show more content…
forgoing examples of it. Two. In “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco. Native Americans in the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota have similar discrimination to them as seen in genocides such as the Rwandan Genocide and the 1984 attacks on the Sikh. A common indication of genocides is the senseless cruelty committed by the nations.
In both the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and the Rwanda Genocide this occurred. In the Pine Ridge Reservation, the United States had created a society in which alcoholism and violence was rampant. Common outcomes to the people are similar to a sixty two year old survivor Verlyn Long Wolf who says, “I’ll say about three-quarters of the people I’ve grown up with are dead… Very few are still alive. Alcohol. Drugs. Violence” (Hedges 3). The situation in the Pine Ridge Reservation with Wolf is similar to the outcome created when an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days during 1994. In Rwanda, the Tutsi were killed on the grounds of ethnicity. In the Pine Ridge, the Government made a situation in the reservation with alcohol and drugs and create an environment where up to eighty percent of the Pine Ridge population was affected by alcoholism. Alcoholism in Pine Ridge in turn leads to an abusive society where families becomes wrecked. In Rwanda, the government’s genocide caused two million refugees where thousands perished. In both Pine Ridge and Rwanda, the crimes committed against them were because of ethnicity, and in turn caused suffering and created broken environments for those who
survived. Another mark of genocides that’s evident in the Pine Ridge Reservation is rape. In both the 1984 Sikh Genocide and the Pine Ridge situation, rape is prevalent. During the Anti-Sikh Riots, Rioters raped Sikh people, notably gang-raping Sikh women. Similarly, in the Pine Ridge Reservation, rape is a persistent issue, mainly stemming from the alcohol problem. In Pine Ridge, almost every family along the river had issues with sexual abuse. The similarities between the Pine Ridge and Sikh Genocide show how Pine Ridge’s treatment is similar to that of a genocide. The rape in both situations show the similarities between the Pine Ridge Reservation and the fate of the Sikh people. The treatment and situation with the Native Americans in the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota is similar to a genocide. The United States government has created an environment in the Pine Ridge Reservation that allows for alcohol abuse, in turn killing off the Native Americans. This proceeds into Genocide like treatment caused by the abuse, such as rape and senseless violence that ends up shortening the typical lifespan of a Native American. Genocide is still existent in our current day society, even if not easily noticeable.
Lawyer: the word genocide, is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group.
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...
Raphael Lemkin’s genocide has different methods of human destruction that can be formally defined as genocide. According to Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, “Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent
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.”
“Cultural Genocide is the intentional destruction of the culture of another people, not necessarily including the destruction of actual lives” Canada’s first encounter with the Native Canadians was a dark and brutal period. The Native Canadians, also referred to as Indians, were stripped of their cultures and called to be ashamed for their traditional ways. Indian Residential Schools were a method used by the Canadian government to destruct the ethnicity of the Native Canadians. The crimes committed by Canada are clearly represented by the Residential Schools and the special rights that they have gained today; one can not say the aboriginals have not been a victim to Cultural Genocide, if the accusations of cultural genocide are false, why were they given special rights?
There are many ideas of what genocide is, but, according to Webster’s Dictionary, the official definition of genocide is “The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group”. However, the more realistic and practical definition is “The unnecessary and unjustified killings of tens of thousands of innocent people all because of hate”. This was most defiantly the case in the Kurdish Genocide, which took place between 1986 and 1989. The result of this mass murdering left thousands of people without loved ones, and even more wondering why it had to happen.
The crime of genocide is one of the most devastating human tragedies throughout the history. And the word genocide refers to an organised destruction to a specific group of people who belongs to the same culture, ethnic, racial, religious, or national group often in a war situation. Similar to mass killing, where anyone who is related to the particular group regardless their age, gender and ethnic background becomes the killing targets, genocide involves in more depth towards destroying people’s identity and it usually consists a fine thorough plan prearranged in order to demolish the unwanted group due to political reasons mostly. While the term genocide had only been created recently in 1943 by Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-Jewish legal scholar, from the ancient Greek word “genos” meaning race and the Latin word “cide” meaning killing , there are many examples of genocide like events that occurred before the twentieth century. And this new term brings up the question as whether genocide is a contemporary description defined through current perspectives towards the crime act or is it just a part of the inevitable human evolutionary progress caused by modernity.
Africa has been an interesting location of conflicts. From the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea to the revolutionary conflict in Libya and Egypt, one of the greatest conflicts is the Rwandan Genocide. The Rwandan Genocide included two tribes in Rwanda: Tutsis and Hutus. Upon revenge, the Hutus massacred many Tutsis and other Hutus that supported the Tutsis. This gruesome war lasted for a 100 days. Up to this date, there have been many devastating effects on Rwanda and the global community. In addition, many people have not had many acknowledgements for the genocide but from this genocide many lessons have been learned around the world.
The Rwandan Genocide “It is our responsibility to empower the powerless while giving voice to the voiceless” -(Irwin Cotler “Six Lessons from the Rwandan Genocide”) When the Rwandan Hutu majority betrayed the Tutsi minority, a destructive mass murdering broke out where neighbor turned on neighbor and teachers killed their students; this was the start of a genocide. In this paper I will tell you about the horrors the people of Rwanda had to face while genocide destroyed their homes, and I will also tell you about the mental trauma they still face today. Hutu and Tutsi Origins When Rwanda was first settled, the people there raised cattle, the ones with the most cattle were considered “Tutsi” and everyone else was ‘Hutu”.
The question of moral validity has plagued societies for millennia. Unsurprisingly, this question afflicted Indonesia between 1965 and 1966. In the early days of October 1965, a group of conspirators took and killed six generals. The disagreement of whom caused this coup caused the killing of more than 80,000 (1,000,000 in some areas) people. This caused a social change from aristocrats to an Indonesian business class. For other peoples around the world, the view of this genocide was a victory over communism. While these killings were clearly morally deplorable, the result was an improved and restructured government; a victory for capitalism at the height of the Cold War.
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.
Our world is suffering from many tragedies. The biggest of which is genocide. Approximately nineteen million, seven hundred ten thousand, two hundred people have died in numerous genocides across the world since 1933. And yet, many civilians don’t realize that genocide is still occurring today. It has been addressed many times, but it must be said once more: This mass murder of men, women, children, innocence, and faith is not behind us. It's hard to fathom the sheer number of innocent people that have died from genocide. Countless people across the world are still being slaughtered for their race, religion, and even for living in a place that someone else wants to control.
Various schools of thought exist as to why genocide continues at this deplorable rate and what must be done in order to uphold our promise. There are those who believe it is inaction by the international community which allows for massacres and tragedies to occur - equating apathy or neutrality with complicity to evil. Although other nations may play a part in the solution to genocide, the absolute reliance on others is part of the problem. No one nation or group of nations can be given such a respo...
Rwandan Genocide The history of Rwanda is very interesting. Rwanda is located in East Africa, in East Africa people are not treated as equal. Today, eastern Africa is way different from how it is now. Back in the 1996s the Africans faced many problems.
“Never again. Leaders throughout the world had declared that after the Holocaust. The President of The Genocide Watch explains, “The history of the twentieth century instead proved that “never again” became “again and again.” The promise the United Nations made was broken…genocides and other forms of mass murder killed 170 million people, more than all the international wars of the twentieth century combined”(Stanton). Throughout history, people have killed others. Normally, it is because of hatred. Unfortunately, most of the time, people can have a deeply rooted hatred of an entire group of people. That hatred soon leads to genocide. Genocide cannot be prevented in the future because of the inevitability of evil, some people are ignorant and refuse to give into the reality that all people should be equal and not discriminated against, and society would not be able to persuade everyone in the world to agree and prevent future genocides.