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Genocide - the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
Glob⋅al⋅izeverb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing - to
extend to other or all parts of the globe
Some Important Terms for You to Know
The Rwandan GenocideIn 1994, Hutu political moderates conducted a mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis. In about 100 days, the Hutu Power movement eradicated close to one million people. This specific genocide is the MOST EFFICIENT mass killing ever conducted.
On the evening of April 6, 1994, a surface-to-air missile hit the plane that was carrying Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundian presidnet Cyprien Ntaryamira.
Cold-Blooded Murder is what came to the minds of a Hutu couple…
“In Rwanda in the 1990s, a Tutsi woman, who had already seen seven members of her immediate family shot or hacked to death, begged a kindly Hutu couple to hide her twenty-month-old son from roaming death squads. The couple took the boy in, then killed him.” (Chua, 163)
Globalization’s Connection to the Rwandan Genocide
In 1897, German missionaries arrived in Rwanda.
In 1916, Belgians took over Rwanda and started to favor the Tutsis, who were lanky and had a more pale complexion, over the Hutu , who were shorter, blacker, and had wider noses.
The Belgians created the distinct line between the Hutu and the Tutsi. They created the myth that the Tutsi were intelligent and civilized while the Hutu were barbaric.
Armenians are marched to a nearby prison in Mezireh by armed Turkish soldiers. Kharpert, Armenia, Ottoman Empire in April
1915.
Armenian Genocide
The Ottoman Turks planned to exterminate the race of Armenians in their country. The plan to “systematically destroy a race” is referred to as being genocidal.
Background of Armenian Genocide
The genocide is known to have used massacres and forced marches under unbearable conditions in order to facilitate maximum Armenian deaths.
Historians regard April 24, 1915 to be the official start of the Armenian genocide. On that day, the Turks arrested some 250 Armenian officials and intellectuals. The Turkish intention was to make sure there would be no organized rebellion.
Background Continued…
Hundreds of years ago, the European Christians came to the Ottoman Empire in hopes of trading for valuable material.
The European Christians enjoyed working with the Armenians (WHO WERE ALSO CHRISTIAN). The Armenians became succesfsul merchants and enjoyed the economic benefits of wealth.
Globalization’s Effect on the Armenian Genocide
“Armenian success was associated with foreign
influences, based in part on the Armenian
importation of Western technologies. The
prominence of Armenians as agents and brokers for
European interests… seemed to confirm the
picture of Christians not pulling together with
the Muslim population in the interests of the state
on whose territory they dwelled.” (Bloxham, 29)
Quote:
In June… Turks ordered the Armenians of
the city to prepare for the trek to the
interior on July 1. The proclamation
assured Armenians of the right to reclaim
their goods at the conclusion of the war.”
(Payaslian, 60)
Globalization’s Effect Continued…
“About six Turkish soldiers stood behind the girls. They had
whips and each had a gun. They were shouting, “Dance.
Slut.” The girls’ clothes were now turning red. Some of
them were half-naked; others tried to hold their clothes
together. They began to fall down and when they did they
were whipped until they stood and continued their dance.
Each crack of the whip and more of their clothing came
off.” (Balakian, 216)
Witnessed during the Armenian Genocide….
“As the women began to collapse in burning heaps, oozing and black, the smell of burnt flesh made me sick. I fainted and your mother’s brother Haroutiun found me and took me home.” (Balakian, 217)
"Who, after all, talks nowadays of the annihilation of the Armenians?“
- Adolf Hitler
Even until today, the Turkish government
refuses to acknowledge the
massacres as genocidal.
| WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. congressional panel defied
President Bush on Wednesday and approved a measure to
recognize the Armenian massacres as genocidal.
House panel approves Armenian genocide resolution Updated 10/11/2007 3:16 AM
Only in 2007 did the United States pass a resolution to recognize the massacres as a genocide.
What about the United States of America?
Chua, Amy. World On Fire. United States of America: Random House, Inc., 2003. Print.
Gerard, Prunier. The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide. Hong Kong: Columbia University Press, 1995. Print.
Balakian, Peter. Black Dog of Fate. United States of America: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1997. Print.
Hovannisian, Richard G., Donald Bloxham, and Simon Payaslian. Looking Backward, Moving Forward. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2003. Print.
www.essex.ac.uk/.../armenia/default.html education.crs.org/wyd/rwanda/about.cfm www.webmd.com/.../diapering-a-baby-9/slideshow
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