There has been multiple genocides in this world some are unapproved or denied but people still say they are genocide. What is a genocide? A genocide has a lot of criterias, the first one is (a) killing members of a 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 births within the group (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. In this genocide study, we will talk about the Myanmar people. The Myanmar were the victims in this genocide. Who were the predators or the people who caused this genocide …show more content…
It fits criteria (a) because there was a lot of people killed because the buddhist would use them as a scapegoat for example in video in Ms. devon-sands powerpoint it talks about how two muslim men raped and kidnapped the girl this set the buddhist off because they were just tryna find an excuse to kill and show the buddhist that they were right and didn't want them there living in Rohingya. This relates to the Herero genocide because the Germans wanted to kill the herero people because the germans wanted all southern africa to themselves they didn't want anyone there so they killed them by poisoning their water. If your wondering why its criteria (a) is because they knew the Herero people drank from that water they just didn't say “oh it feel” they knew they drunk out of that …show more content…
This is why i believe it was a genocide. It fit three criterias, criteria (a), (b), and (e). To be a genocide it must fit two of the following criterias (a) killing members of a 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 births within the group (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another