Jessica LeVasseur Anthropology of Crime Kandel October 26‚ 2012 Cambodian Genocide Cambodia‚ a southeastern Asian country‚ has endured many feats in history and has often been conquered but never has it seen such a devastation as heinous as in the year 1970. With a population of roughly 7 million people at the time‚ almost all Cambodians prior to genocide practiced Buddhism. The country was reigned by France for nearly 100 years and finally gained independence in 1953. Cambodia then became
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“Maafa 21‚ Black Genocide in the 21st Century America”. Life Dynamics Inc. Denton‚ Texas. 2011. Second Edition. DVD.” “Black Genocide in the 21st century” also called “Maafa” is an anti-abortionist documentary made in 2009 that speaks about the relevance of birth control‚ White America and Black America‚ Planned Parenthood and how it was established‚ also‚ the conspiracy behind abortion. The movie also deeply discusses the argument between abortion being genocide and it specifically targeting African
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ChileFrom 1973 - 1977‚ there was genocide in Chile. The targets were people who believed in the communist government system. The start of it all began on September 11th‚ 1973 when Chilean commander in chief‚ Augusto Pinochet Ugarte commanded the Chilean army and police force to overthrow the current president Salvador Allende. The main reason for the overthrow was because of Allende’s economic plan. With it‚ inflation was rising 1% every day. The only reason the coup was successful at overthrowing
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n “40 Chances” by Howard G. Buffett‚ the reader is exposed to many stories that Buffett experienced first hand. Moments in Buffett’s life he felt changed him. Times in which he may have helped someone or brought a terrible problem to light. Seeing as there are many problems in this world‚ Buffett can only explain a few. Throughout the multitude of issues Buffett faces‚ he stays positive that he‚ and many others with the right resources‚ can make a difference. Joseph Kony‚ The Quran compound‚ and
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DISCRIMINATION ON ETHNIC GROUNDS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Introduction Many societies all over the world have had to grapple with the problem of inter-group relations. Such concepts as apartheid‚ discrimination‚ prejudice‚ pogrom‚ ethnicity‚ hatred‚ fanaticism‚ intolerance‚ war and even terrorism are terms in common use all over the world. It is manifest that many societies tend to stratify themselves based on the strength of race or tribe. Ethnic discrimination represents one of the problems
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the knowledge of indifference still being relevant in today’s world. Four years later genocide in Darfur occurs; the first genocide of the 21st century (Darfur Genocide). This genocide claims the lives of at least 300‚000 innocent people. When rebellion arose in Darfur the Sudan “government responded… [by] beginning a genocidal campaign against civilians (Darfur Genocide).” According to the article‚ “Darfur Genocide‚” this genocidal campaign results in the deaths of 300‚000 people and the displacement
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human rights in the past‚ and for this end a brief description of the Rwanda genocide will be given. It will then go on to outline the history of Responsibility to Protect‚ focusing on its reception at the United Nations. Finally‚ a concise view on the crisis in Darfur will be given in relation to the Responsibility to Protect concept. The Rwandan Genocide: a failure to intervene Although much can be said about the genocide that took place in Rwanda‚ for the purpose of this paper I will focus on
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The Herero and Namaqua Genocide was considered the first genocide of the 20th century‚ and occurred from 1904 until 1907. This genocide took place in German South-West Africa‚ now known as Namibia‚ during the scramble for Africa. This area of Africa was highly desirable by many different countries‚ and was sought after using any form of brutality deemed appropriate. Africa in itself held a prime location for new territory for the invading countries‚ and beneath the vast areas of land and waterless
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4.5 The Century’s First Genocide 1. What can be learned from Graffam’s letter about the motives of those who attacked the Armenians? From Graffam’s letter‚ it can be deduced that the people who attacked the Armenians had all bad motives‚ based on hate and discrimination. They wanted to send them away to be executed and taken to prisons or other locations. The attackers also wanted to steal the belongings of the Armenians and convinced the people that since they were going to die anyway‚ it was
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How Does facing death and genocide affect people’s perception of God? Some people become much closer to God‚ awaiting salvation. Meanwhile others realize that they are alone and that no benevolent being would allow such violent acts to happen. This one most accurately represents Elie Wiesel. Ellie was a jew raised in transylvania who wrote about his story going through the daily life at extermination camps with his father during the second World War in his novel‚ Night. For Elie‚ faith was a huge
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