Essay On The Importance Of Race In The Genocide

The Importance of Race in Society and How it Drove People to Genocide Race is very arbitrary. On a biological standpoint, there is no way to pinpoint a set of genes that aligns perfectly with a social description of race. When talking about biological race then, it is in reference to clines. Society defines race more so by religion, ethnicity, what one believes in (class discussion). However, in society, today and throughout history, race is a huge driving force, whether in social movements, politics, or overall how people treat each other. It is like high school all over again, where people treat others differently if they look differently, or act differently, or deviate in some way from their set norms. In a perfect world, race would be insignificant, in the sense that there would be no discrimination or racism against any particular one. Unfortunately, that is not the case, with no significant sign of improvement in the future. What is certain is that the social definition of race is extremely powerful. This was especially seen in the genocide of the Jews during World War II. Genocide, by definition is “the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, …show more content…
Upon entering, the weak were immediately gassed in chambers, while the young and relatively strong looking were put to work until they either died of exhaustion or starvation, otherwise if they were too weak they were killed off by the Nazis and sent to the gas chambers. However, not all the Nazis working these camps were entirely heartless. Working at these camps took a toll on many of them, both emotionally and mentally. The Jews were not being treated like human beings. Dead bodies were put into mass graves and pushed in using construction machinery. Eventually, it was decided to kill them off by execution squad. Approximately 6 million Jews were killed under Hitler’s leadership (The World at War Ep20