Holocaust Vs Darfur Genocide

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Holocaust versus Darfur Genocide Term Paper Orel Haiimpour In this day and age, the world is very corrupt. From lying to killing, we’ve got it all. Unfortunately, genocide is among one of the problems of this perverted world. Genocide is a deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Something connected to genocide that is on its own level of disgusting is that many people disregard the genocides that are going on, like the one in Darfur, and there are people that even deny that past genocides, like the holocaust, has ever happened. Now, there were times where people tried to stop genocides. As the cartoon drawn by Michael “Sudsy” Sutherland shows the UN saying that they …show more content…

Why is it something that’s accepted to the world? Why is this permitted to happen? After the holocaust, there was a term coined. That term was “Never Again.” As if to say that genocide is never happening again. Sadly, that term didn’t make a large enough dent into society, as we see with Darfur. Thank God, it has done some work though. As we see with the U.S, they, and surely other countries as well, have put thought into stopping genocide and putting the term “Never Again” in its place. “The United States is deeply concerned that, ten years after the outbreak of war in Darfur, the Darfuri people continue to suffer from increased insecurity, human rights abuses, and sexual violence… The United States strongly supports international efforts to bring peace, security, and humanitarian relief to the people of Darfur. We unequivocally support UNAMID, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur, and demand immediate, unimpeded access for peacekeepers and humanitarians throughout Darfur. Over the past decade the United States has provided over $7.5 billion in funding for humanitarian, transition, and peacekeeping assistance for vulnerable populations in Darfur and eastern Chad.” (state.gov). This shows that some people do care about humanity. At this point of time, many people aren’t really that surprised when it comes to killings or genocides. For example, when a black man gets shot, that’s just another ‘normal’ thing to happen. Or when people learn about ongoing genocide like Darfur, not many actually react to it. Too many people take life for granted and as long as they’re not affected by the shootings or other terrible activities, they couldn’t care less. Not about the innocent black teenager getting shot by a cop or a Jew getting stabbed in the comfort of his or her own neighborhood. That’s

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