Kony 2012 Research Paper
United States Poverty
KONY 2012 On March 7, 2012 there was a video posted online informing all who watched it about a country in Africa called Uganda and a rebellion army named the Lord’s Resistance Army(LRA); that is accused of murder, enslavement, sexual enslavement and rape of mostly children and young adults. The video starts off by a man named Jason Russell sharing his story about his time in Africa and how he meets a young boy there named Jacob, who has fell victim to all the hate and atrocity that resides there. Russell than goes on informing us of the more than 30,000 children that have been abducted by the LRA’s leader Joseph Kony in his past 26 year reign. These children had an organization created in their honor called the Invisible Children and the video goes on to establish the ground works on how to stop Kony and …show more content…
(Russell) It has been shared all throughout Facebook, as well as celebrities supporting and reaching out to help their campaign. Celebrities such as Oparah Winfrey and Justin Beiber tweeted about their support and awareness of the campaign. After watching this short video via Facebook, I felt moved by the information that it portrayed. It made me want to be a part of what they call Kony 2012, that is, until I researched some more into it. The video shared throughout YouTube, Facebook and Twitter only shines light on a miniscule of information about Joseph Kony and his army. I don’t totally disagree with the video; I think that they have the right idea, but the wrong plan of action. I believe that bringing Kony to justice should be pretty high up on our to-do list, but not the U.S.’ list alone, more of the world as a wholes to-do
KONY 2012 On March 7, 2012 there was a video posted online informing all who watched it about a country in Africa called Uganda and a rebellion army named the Lord’s Resistance Army(LRA); that is accused of murder, enslavement, sexual enslavement and rape of mostly children and young adults. The video starts off by a man named Jason Russell sharing his story about his time in Africa and how he meets a young boy there named Jacob, who has fell victim to all the hate and atrocity that resides there. Russell than goes on informing us of the more than 30,000 children that have been abducted by the LRA’s leader Joseph Kony in his past 26 year reign. These children had an organization created in their honor called the Invisible Children and the video goes on to establish the ground works on how to stop Kony and …show more content…
(Russell) It has been shared all throughout Facebook, as well as celebrities supporting and reaching out to help their campaign. Celebrities such as Oparah Winfrey and Justin Beiber tweeted about their support and awareness of the campaign. After watching this short video via Facebook, I felt moved by the information that it portrayed. It made me want to be a part of what they call Kony 2012, that is, until I researched some more into it. The video shared throughout YouTube, Facebook and Twitter only shines light on a miniscule of information about Joseph Kony and his army. I don’t totally disagree with the video; I think that they have the right idea, but the wrong plan of action. I believe that bringing Kony to justice should be pretty high up on our to-do list, but not the U.S.’ list alone, more of the world as a wholes to-do