Genocide Essay

North Korean Genocide The genocide in North Korea has been happening for decades, evidence of these camps has been traced back to the end of the Korean War in the 1950’s. Ever since the first reports of these labor camps, the U.N has done little to nothing to stop them as well as the death happening inside of them and that is why the genocide in North Korea is being ignored by the rest of the world. The things happening in North Korea have not been labeled officially as “genocide” by the…

“Cruelty is at the heart of genocide. The killers just don’t eradicate the targeted people, but brutalize them in ways that far exceed what is needed to kill them.” – Jonah Goldhagen A quote from the narrator of Genocide: Worst the War, that I find critical for the discussion regarding the politicizations of genocide. Choosing two examples—the Holocaust Memorial Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian— I examine how paramount the power of ‘naming’ is, examine how depoliticizing…

Genocide: noun: the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Holodomor was a man-made mass genocide that affected millions of people in Ukraine between the years of 1932 and 1933. It all started when Joseph Stalin tried to create a new policy, the collectivization policy. The end goal of this new policy was to increase the productivity of farmers by removing them from small farms and relocating them to much larger farms and using…

Genocide, It is a horrible act that needs to be stopped. And if one would want to stop genocide, there would need to be a support for the awareness groups that exist. As well as understanding and helping others understand what genocide is. What exactly is genocide? What does it mean to commit genocide? Well, the exact definition of genocide is: ¨The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a specific ethnic group or nation.¨ - Google. Such is true in both The great…

The world has seen many genocides, but most people have only heard of a few main mass killings. Most haven’t heard of the Bosnian Genocide, though. Right after Bosnia became independent, there was a war and then the genocide. Many citizens of Bosnia were killed or injured in many unique ways. This is a very negative topic to learn, but the world should be aware that this can happen anytime and anywhere. The Bosnia Genocide was a horrible mass killing. The genocide happened in South East,…

The genocide in Darfur is complex, unclear, and yet unmistakably horrifying to study. The most recent conflict starting in 2003 display roots in colonization and conflicts dating back to the 1800s and range from ethnic tensions to differences in religion. The state of genocide in Darfur is ambiguous in that the United Nations and some countries disagree on whether the violence constitutes genocide or not, and whether there is “intent to destroy”. Perhaps most troubling of all is the Sudanese…

The Holocaust and Bosnian Genocides: a comparison Genocide: from the Greek word “Genos” meaning race, and English “-cide” denoting the act of killing. The systematic mass destruction of a race, of a culture, of a religion, of ideas and ideologies, of precious human life; and they have been going on for a long time. Though most people typically don’t ever hear about it until we talk about the Holocaust, it was not the first one, nor the last. Even after one of the most prolific mass killings of…

Genocide was committed too many times. The time in Cambodia was very gruesome. Approximately 2.3 million people were tortured and murdered. 2.3 million men, children, women, fathers, brothers, sons, daughters, sisters, and mothers all killed for no reason. The word genocide wasn't a word before 1944. The word genocide was then used after the holocaust. A Polish/Jewish lawyer named Raphael lemkin created this word to emphasize the Nazis killing Jewish people. The word genocide refers to…

Many would agree that Yemen is currently in a genocide since over 1,500 people have been killed and millions being displaced, however, this may not be the case of genocide. Yemen is currently in danger of potential genocide due to a civil war between Iran and Russia. Yemen is caught in the middle of a crossfire with a rebellious group known as the Houthis within Yemen. There are no specific race, gender, or religion being targeted. The police have been acting against the civilians as well,…

devastating low points. One very common travesty that has happened in many countries is genocide. Genocide, defined by the UN’s Genocide Convention, is the systematic mass murder of an ethnic, religious, or national group based on discriminatory preconceptions. In other words, it is when one group intends to destroy or displace another group of people because of their inherent superiority (Payne, 2013). Genocide is a major global issue because it affects many places around the world. In one…