Numerous Genocides are happening in the world today. After the Holocaust people thought that it would be next to impossible to have another genocide happen, but as people sit back, they ignore the desperate calls of the modern day genocides happening. To find a solution to putting a stop to these horrific events we need to find out why they happen in the first place.
Most often I have read and come to find that these genocides come from disagreements between two groups of people, usually one is being neglected and refused their rights. As Grant Solis has mentioned the Tutsi and the Hutu people had a disagreement over power. In 1933 the Hutu president was assassinated. The Tutsi wanted nothing to do with the Hutu. A year later the president of Rwanda’s plane was shot down, violence erupted.
Another genocide of today takes place in Darfur, Africa. This one also began after disagreements between different groups. As Holly Mathews has mentioned, the African people in Darfur were being neglected. They need protection from outside groups so they went to the government to ask for their rights. The government responded by sending a militia group known as the Janjaweed. The people of Darfur have been raped and brutally murdered. The violence continues to go on today.
Genocides happen because one group of people is being neglected compared to another one. Something needs to happen to ensure fair rights between all people. Genocides will continue to happen until this ongoing, and growing problem continues to happen.
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