I will say this though‚ regardless of the documentary’s portayal of the Congo and it’s military groups I still believe that‚ Without guns‚ without money‚ and without social constructs‚ our only true power is reduced to the way in which we interact with one another as human beings‚ and will only extend as far as how much value and regard we place in caring for and upholding our natural environment. I applaud the documentary for getting more people to pay attention to a worldly cause‚ and certainly
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Colonialism in the Congo: The Terror of Civilization The images of gaiety and wonder that typically accompany one’s thoughts of an expedition into the magnificent natural wonders of Africa lie in stark contradiction to subjugation and cruelty of a people as displayed in The Congo Report. An aspect of the government’s masquerade of a virtuous mission in the Congo is the “efforts to suppress such barbarous practices” and bring civilization to the “savages”. Private enterprise was able to hide a large
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Introduction There are many different biomes that cover the surface of the planet‚ but there is one that is of particular importance‚ the tropical rainforest of Africa‚ The Congo. This vast rainforest is home to almost half of Africa’s animal species and is the second largest rainforest in the world.(“pbs.org”‚ n.d.) The Congo plays an important role in climate regulation‚ both locally and globally‚ and contains a wealth of biodiversity‚ including thousands of endemic plants and animals. Identify
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Free speech can be both words used directly as well as actions. The actions can include things such as what we are seeing today like not standing for the saluting of the flag or playing of the national anthem. This was determined by the Supreme Court in West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette in 1943 (“United States Courts‚ n.d.). Other examples include‚ but are not limited to: burning the flag and the wearing of black arm bands to protest the Vietnam War. Free speech is not‚
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Although free college tuition sounds like a dream come true‚ there are many more negatives that would out rules the few positives. (bridge) College tuition should not be free in the United States. Making college tuition free will not actually be free‚ public education is primarily funded by property tax. Taxes will go up and all property owners will be paying for the tuition of other students whether they have college aged children or not. Then when the students that are attending their “free” college
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forties. This great northward migration of the Afrikaner people‚ involved thousands of cattle and sheep farmers who fled British authority. Leaving the frontier regions of the Cape Colony‚ and founded the independent republics of Natal‚ the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. The struggle of the Afrikaner or Boer people since the 17th century when they arrived in South Africa from Europe was like that of Americans‚ a struggle for freedom from foreign authority. The Boers‚ or farmers
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This week’s theme is on the impact of war on women‚ specifically in Congo. When reading Rape in War: Motives of Militia and watching the documentary called The Truth About Congo‚ it was shocking to understand how rape can have such a significant role with destroying communities and is even used as a strategic tactic. I also was not aware that these conflicts were have happened and are still ongoing. It was mentioned in the documentary that‚ “over 6 million people have died and yet the world remains
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Could the United States have become half-slave and half-free and not fought the Civil War...Why or Why not? The United States could not have been half-slave and half-free without fighting the Civil War. I say this because the North and South had quite a bit of things going on between the two. It is too much of a contradiction to be half-slave and half-free. In a perfect world‚ this might have worked‚ but in the real world‚ it has to be one or the other. During the development of the thirteen colonies
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repeatedly throughout history‚ the international government has neglected the needs of the dying and helpless and only after the calamity reached seismic proportions did the government act against the terrorists. The Congo Genocide‚ the silent mass murder‚ is one of the most atrocious‚ violent acts of history and the majority of the American population is ignorant of the terrors inflicted upon the indigenous peoples by King Leopold
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Child Soldiering In The Congo The war in Congo‚ Africa‚ has been brutally rampaging for years‚ but when the Rwandan Civil War started‚ a new era of mass genocide‚ brutal hospitality and all around despicable war tactics were introduced .The war became so bad children were taken from their families. A child is figuratively supposed to run around‚ play with toys and hang out with friends‚ not kill without reason for their higher officials. War takes away the idea of childhood innocence and turns children
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