The Five Stages Of Genocide

In Genocides people are killed for who they are and what they believe in. Genocides happened because certain people thought they were going to cause destruction and would cause issues for that country, So the rulers had a plan for those type of people. Genocide and its stages has affected millions of people and continues to do so today.

The first stage of genocide is called “Classification”. This is when people are not respected due to their beliefs causing a division in the community. The second stage of genocide is called “Symbolism” this is when a person or a group of people use symbols or numbers to mark a group of people being discriminated against. The third stage of genocide is called “Dehumanization” means people weren’t treated like they were people anymore. The fourth stage of genocide is called “Organization” that's when soldiers and different people were taught to do a genocide. The fifth stage of genocide is called “Polarisation” is when they start spreading rumors about certain people on the streets and hanging them on the walls. The sixth stage of genocide is called “Preparation” and they started to separate people based off there differences. The seventh stage of genocide is called “Extermination” and they started to send people away to work and be killed or even die off one by one. The last and final stage of genocide is called “Denial” and that means the people who got blamed for the genocide is denying that they didn't kill innocent people for who they are. …show more content…
They do this through social media, art, music and letters. In Nazi Germany the Germans used art for propaganda. In the Rwandan genocide they used the radio to spread propaganda. In Iraq they used art to go against the Kurd. People can be fooled by propaganda to commit genocide, just by looking at whatever they