Sudan and Rwanda Genocide
|Root Factors of a Genocide: A Comparison Between Sudan and Rwanda
|4/8/2013
As humans we all have moral and legal obligations, and since none of us can succeed on our own, we need to invest in each other, in order to fully reap our potential. The following statement is a known fact that unfortunately not everyone can understand. In certain parts of the world, there are many groups that try to “clean” out another group that they believe to be useless and inferior. The term to describe such an atrocity would be “genocide”. Genocides violate our sense to reason and decrease the standards we have as human beings, when it comes to looking to care for one another. Genocides have inflicted great losses on humanity, and prove that today’s sophisticated human race is just as barbaric as the past. Since the Darfur crisis began in 2003, the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has been a frequent comparative point of reference.
There are usually roots factors that exist when such atrocities occur. Most genocides such as Rwanda and Darfur have very strong political roots. Since political leaders usually tend to have powerful and often times dominant authority figures, what side the government takes is very significant. Often times, manifestations of violence occur when there is a lack of good governance, and the leading political party is corrupt. These are the reasons why leaders choose to dehumanise the group and incite violence. These root factors may include such things as economic and political inequalities, crises for example, economic recession, or political collapse, and a history of conflict between groups.
"Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former
|4/8/2013
As humans we all have moral and legal obligations, and since none of us can succeed on our own, we need to invest in each other, in order to fully reap our potential. The following statement is a known fact that unfortunately not everyone can understand. In certain parts of the world, there are many groups that try to “clean” out another group that they believe to be useless and inferior. The term to describe such an atrocity would be “genocide”. Genocides violate our sense to reason and decrease the standards we have as human beings, when it comes to looking to care for one another. Genocides have inflicted great losses on humanity, and prove that today’s sophisticated human race is just as barbaric as the past. Since the Darfur crisis began in 2003, the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has been a frequent comparative point of reference.
There are usually roots factors that exist when such atrocities occur. Most genocides such as Rwanda and Darfur have very strong political roots. Since political leaders usually tend to have powerful and often times dominant authority figures, what side the government takes is very significant. Often times, manifestations of violence occur when there is a lack of good governance, and the leading political party is corrupt. These are the reasons why leaders choose to dehumanise the group and incite violence. These root factors may include such things as economic and political inequalities, crises for example, economic recession, or political collapse, and a history of conflict between groups.
"Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former