Mother Who Won 'T Disappear' By Andrea Malin

The author of this essay “Mother who won’t disappear” Is Andrea Malin, a writer and journalist that has worked for The Wall Street Journal and National Geographic. This essay was published originally in February 1994 by the Human Rights Quarterly. According to Malin, “From a human rights perspective, It became evident that the “disappeared” where not only the victims; families suffered Immeasurably and in many cases were the targets of government repression” (Malin p.11), when I read this I just realized how unaware we are as Americans of what is going on in other countries. This whole essay is based off of that quote, Malin wrote about the country of Argentina or Latin America in general and the injustice that has taken place in the past and even today. She begins with a general history of Argentina as a whole, then goes into the “Dirty War” and how the government kills (makes people disappear) anyone who
I thought about how these families must feel, sad, horrified, and emotionally destroyed. I tried to mentally put myself In their shoes and I just can’t wrap my mind around the fact that these people are literally getting their families ripped away from them. This paragraph mainly talked about the group of mothers and what they go through, and how they can never truly get over the death because they didn’t see It happen or know that It ever did. I could see how getting together as a group and fighting for their kids could be therapeutic in a sense and help them move on from the death of their kids. I discovered the extreme horror these families go through in these situations and that it was pretty similar to how I think It would feel. I obviously have no idea what these people really go through but now I have an idea and I know that I wouldn’t want anyone to have to go through