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Genocide and Conflict

Genocide and Conflict. What is genocide?. Genocide is ANY, not all, of the following acts: Killing members of the group. Causing serious bodily or mental harm Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction

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Genocide and Conflict

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  1. Genocide and Conflict

  2. What is genocide? • Genocide is ANY, not all, of the following acts: • Killing members of the group. • Causing serious bodily or mental harm • Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction • Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group • Forcibly transferring children of one group to another group.

  3. Eight Stages of Genocide • Classification: • “Us” versus “them” • Identified based on ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality • Examples: German vs. Jew, Hutu vs. Tutsi • Symbolization: • Names or symbols given to classified categories • Example: Jews were forced to wear the yellow star

  4. Eight Stages of Genocide • Dehumanization: • One group denies the humanity of the other group. They become “equal to” animals, insects, or diseases. • Eliminates normal human revulsion against murder. Killing these people becomes as easy as squashing a bug. • Organization: • Governments, armies, ectunite and train militias to carry out the genocide.

  5. Eight Stages of Genocide • Polarization: • Extremists further drive the two groups apart by spreading propaganda, limiting contact between them, or creating laws to exclude one of the groups. • Preparation: • Victims are identified and separated. Death lists are drawn up. Weapons are disributed.

  6. Eight Stages of Genocide • Extermination: • Mass killing of the identified victims begins. At this point, killing is easy and the extermination is quick. • Denial: • Perpetrators of the genocide try to cover up mass killings and intimidate witnesses. • Deny that they committed any crimes • Try to blame what happened on the victims

  7. Albinos in Tanzania

  8. Applying Prior Knowledge • One of the major themes we discussed in Night was the importance of bearing witness. Consider your own feelings and experiences with bearing witness in your personal life. What do you believe our responsibility is as citizens of our society when genocide and oppression are still going on today? How does the idea of bearing witness apply? • Write two well-developed paragraphs to explain your answer.

  9. Genocide and Oppression Today • What does it mean to be oppressed? • Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control. • To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority • What people experience oppression in today’s world? • http://trublu.hubpages.com/hub/Who-have-been-the-most-oppressed-group-of-human-beings-in-the-history-of-humanity • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UoSuCW7aRs8

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