According to In These Times, there is genocide currently going on in Africa.
While Rwanda and Sudan have gained the media’s recent attentions, Ethiopia has had its government trying to destroy ethnic groups where many lives are being lost. Ethiopia's government currently commits crimes against humanity and its actions are considered genocide. Many people just want their basic rights, but instead the government is denying their simple request. This results in execution, enslavement, and torture.
The Jewish race undergoes similar preposterous treatment in The Diary of a Young Girl. Anne Frank believes that she won't finally be safe from genocide until the end of World War II. She and her family try their best to keep in hiding, but it's not that easy when Jews are denied their access to the outside world. Anne is not allowed to walk the streets or go to school like a normal girl does or otherwise she might be killed. Germany's government is unyielding in trying to bring an end to the Jewish race.
Genocide has now been around for quite some time and both Jews and many other ethnic or religious groups such as the Ethiopians have suffered intense persecution.
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It's true that there have been several attempts of genocide besides the infamous attempt of the extermination of all Jews in WWII. However, when people think of genocide, they usually only think of the Holocaust. This may be becuase the Holocaust was one of the most current and horrifying attempts of genoncide. Most people don't realize that genocide is occuring even today in places such as Rwanda.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea about the genocide in Rwanda. Like Jessica said, I've always connected genocide to the Holocaust, and nothing more. But then, I guess I'd never really thought about it.
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ReplyDeleteThe Diary of A Young Girl is a really powerful book, because it opens people's eyes to things like this. When you read this diary, you can connect to Anne. The fact that someone so...normal...doesn't survive- it really made me see how truly horrible the Holocaust was, and to think that something similar is going on in other areas of the world today is really, well, depressing. That means more "Anne Franks" could be dying and much of the world doesn't know about it.
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Hm! I had no idea there were genocides going on in Africa. True, I was aware of the ongoing poverty, war, and government corruption, but GENOCIDE? It never crossed my mind...
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