Genocide Protest

In the past 150 years, tens of millions of men, women and children have lost their lives to ethnic cleansing or genocide. Although the definition is often scrutinized, according to Merriam Webster, "Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group". The most notable event associated with the term is the Holocaust. Stated by Judah Gribets, Edward Greenstein and Regina Stein, "nearly six million Jews fell victim to genocide during the years of the Holocaust". Of This number, one million were children who were unable to take care of themselves. People's hopes and dreams for the future were stripped from them, and many families were ripped apart. Many of these people were tortured or raped

Canada, a country known for its rich mosaic of cultures and people, it is uncommon for us to picture the oppression and discrimination of any minority groups. Unfortunately, not all countries live up to par with our human rights. Such as Sri Lanka, a small island located off the south coast of India, surrounded by the Indian Ocean. This beautiful country beholds some of the greatest entities such as its prosperous tea plantations. However, beneath this beauty lies a tremendous amount of corruption and chauvinism. From the time when Sri Lanka received independence from the British colonies, the population was split into two different cultures. The Majority being the Sinhala Buddhists while the minority being Hindu Tamils. The government

Genocide, it is not just murder, it is extermination. The world has lost an abounding amount of lives due to the vicious acts of genocide. There have been many ‘preventive’ measures being performed such as the conference in Montreal held in 2007. At said conference the United Nations (officials) not only spoke about preventing genocide, they also listened to 75 year-old, Marika Nene. Nene experienced the anti-gypsy massacres that occurred during World War II. “I had no choice. I had to give myself up to the soldiers (...) they violated me. I still have nightmares about it.” Genocide has affected millions of lives and Marika Nene is just one of them. Many have often inquired the following question, ‘can the world resolve the problem of genocide?’

Although after World War 1 the Nazis needed someone to blame for the many deaths and poor economy that resulted in losing the war, and the Jews were an easy target to blame, the citizens of Germany should have stopped the genocide, because innocent lives were lost, and they should have been more aware of the horrors and tragedies that were happening within their own backyards.

One very profound characteristic of the events that occur within genocide is how one group becomes the dominating leader over the group whom they are targeting. Most of the time, the group that is targeted is the group that inhabits the lowest people within that countries’ society. This explicit event occurs in both with the Aborigines in Australia and the Herero/Nama in South-West Africa. Both places endured a genocide that targeted the group of people within each society that the world believed would not survive unless someone intervened on the Aborigines and Herero/Nama 's’ behalf. However as time would tell, those whom believed they were improving these societies…eventually saw that they instead ruined the lives of those whom lived during these events.

In the letter from the eight Alabama clergymen, they felt as though those protesting should refrain from nonviolent protesting until the court system decides on their matter. The undersigned clergymen issued an "appeal for law and order and common sense," directing it towards the racial problems in Alabama. The clergymen made it clear that they felt, extreme measures in Birmingham will not be the resolution to the Negro community's problem, despite how peaceful they might be. The letter was meant to sound as considerate as possible, despite attempting to strip the Negro community of their first amendment god-given right. The clergymen feel as though it would be better to have have local leaders act on the matter, instead of gatherings

After Elie Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, he gave an acceptance speech reflecting upon the true meaning of his novel and reflecting upon the crimes in our history. He revealed how “silence encourages the tormentor” while “indifference [is] the most insidious danger of all.” I find a lot of truth in these words and I agree with his assertion. Individuals tend to get overwhelmed by desperation, a sense of helplessness and fear in the face of acts, such as oppression and genocide. During these times, it is the responsibility of the world community to step in. This is proved to be true by the novel Night, the movie The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and by the article called “A Secret Life.”

Genocide is a reality that no one can ever conquer or vanish if they are working alone or do not look at the consequences upon taking choices of action. We as Americans feel it is our duty to only take a course of action if we know and are fully aware of the actions being made against the people, or if we are being affected directly. If it does not affect us and we do not know about it then obviously we cannot do anything about it.

In order to understand the term genocide and how it works, one must understand the definition of it. Genocide, is a greek word, “geno” means people, race and “cide” means to destroy or to kill, so in other words it is defined as intended annihilation of a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. The indigenous people of America, came to this land many years ago, before than any Europeans. They settled their tribes in here and created a new home for themselves where they lived a thousand years. However, this did not last long, until Europeans settled in America. When Europeans were settled in America, they enslaved Native Americans, took their golds away, made them to convert to Christianity and introduced them to many disease. Everything

Protesting unjust ideals and unjust treatments has been a part of world history since the first humans walked the Earth. Many people would say that the majority of these protests have bettered the human race and the future of all people. The text, “Waiting for Dan”, takes place in the Civil Rights Movement, where many people were protesting against segregation. The text, “A Letter Home” takes place after a protest against the Vietnam War leads to bloodshed. Although these protests are taking place for different reasons, they can be seen as similar. Then again, they are also drastically different.

Protests and demonstrations for various incidents and verdicts will continue to be the voice of the public. Unfortunately, they aren’t going anywhere. Usually, it is in response to a particular incident demanding termination, prosecution, letter of resignation, etc. of those involved. Likewise, there could be a reaction to a decision that was made to prosecute or not prosecute. With these demonstrations and protests, law enforcement needs to be trained appropriately to de-escalate or to let them protest if it's nonviolent. As well, you need to ensure that you have an identified person within the department to make sure that the action plan is in place but more importantly they are trained effectively to crowd control methods.

Long ago, two races ruled over the earth, Humans, and Monsters. One day war broke out between the two races, the humans were victorious, the monsters were sealed into the underground by the humans with powerful magic spells below Mt. Ebott. In the game Undertale, you are playing as a small child named ‘Frisk’ and is trying to get through the underground in two ways by killing all the monsters or Sparing all the monsters and bringing them to the surface. Undertale is a game with three ways to finish the game one by sparing all of the monsters two by killing only the main bosses and three by killing all of the monsters in the underground. The main bosses are Toriel, Papyrus, Undyne, Mettaton, Sans,

The genocide can be held on the Europeans because of the cruel acts they made towards Africans and the social, political, and economic aspects they pushed onto their culture. The Tutsi and Hutus lived together peacefully for many years. Mainly Hutus covered Africa with 85% of the population. Meanwhile, the Tutsi only had 14% and a small group called the Twa people had 1%. After the Berlin Conference, Germany gained lots of power, especially Berlin. In 1885 they began to push this power over the innocent Africans.

Genocide, a dire event, has been recurring time and time again throughout history. In the past, there was the Holocaust, where Hitler exterminated over six million Jews based on his anti-semitic views. Elie Wiesel, a Jewish author, has become a very influential man in educating the world of the true events of the Holocaust due to his involvement in the disaster. Presently, a genocide is occurring in the Darfur region of southern Sudan, in which according to Cheryl Goldmark, “a systematic slaughter of non-Arab residents at the the hands of Arab militiamen called Janjaweed” has been taking place since 2003. (1) Not only is genocide a tragic historical event, it also continuously occurs today.

Tufekci uses different strategies to convince her audience that present day protest, no longer has the same effect they did before social media. She proposes this theory by stating that “social media” has changed the game for protest. Tufekci gives examples of different type of protest throughout American history to show the effect it has on society. For example, the Women March of 2017, March on Washington of 1963, Antiwar Protest 2003, and the Tea Party protest of 2009. All these protests impacted America in different ways. Tufekci was able to grasp her audience attention by appealing to nature and authority.