Brett Vabic

A Deathly World
Race is a major component to a
Over the course of 100 days from
April 6 to July 16th 1994, an estimated
800,000 to 1 million people were

brutally murdered in Rwanda.

Those tragic years of the Rwandan genocide
dramatically changed the world not just
physically but mentally also. Genocide is
tearing the world apart.

Causes of a Genocide
Most of the genocides that have
taken place in the past and including now in
the Middle East have been revolved around
religion, race, and gender. Religion is one of
the biggest way a genocide is started.
Christians in the Middle East are being
targeted and slaughtered because of their
faith and the genocide group (Isis) feels they
have the need to cleanse the Christian
population but removing it from the face of
this earth, just like Hitler tried to do with the
Jews.
Also gender plays a big part in any
genocide. If youre a woman your chances
of surviving are decent to the men because
in a genocide the group feels they have all
the power and will rape and beat the
woman (Lester). On the other hand men
are treated more differently, if the genocide
group views you as a threat, your executed
(Lester). If the group could use a man they
would have them go to a labor camp type of
area.

genocide. For example the KKK or the

Black Panthers. These two groups are not
considered a genocide group but they do kill
people based on their skin color. The black
panthers go after the whites and the KKK
goes after the blacks.

Effects of a Genocide
There are many effects of the
genocide, if you survive you are mentally
scarred for life, the area being destroyed and
how the civilians lay lifeless everywhere
you look. These are some of the many
effects of a genocide.

Watching your family being

murdered right in front of your eyes
lays a big impact on the way you
have to live the rest of your life.
Survivors indicate they suffer of
depression and anxiety
(Mukankusi). This shows the brutal
effects on the mind and how they are
forced to live with that, knowing
they will never see there family
members again.
During the tragic years of the
genocide everything is ransacked there are
no phones, buildings or virtually anything
still intact. Worst of all the lifeless bodies
across the area lay dead. An estimated
300,000 were children were killed. That is a

staggering number that the Tutsi community

has to live with.
The Ten years later, the children of
Rwanda are still suffering the consequences
of a conflict caused entirely by adults.
UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy
said. For them, the genocide is not just a
historical event, but an inescapable part of
daily life today and tomorrow
(Mukankusi). The impact on the country and
especially the children are devastating. They
will always wake up and go to bed thinking
about the has happened to them in the past.
That is a big impact on their way of life, not
knowing if it will happen again.

What Can We Do To Stop a

Genocide?
The United States are trying
to stop this genocide in the Middle
East by bombing areas where the
Isis members are. They are sending
in airstrikes and blowing up
buildings in the targeted area. This
method of fighting back also has

consequences. Civilians are being

injured or killed off the bombings
the united States have placed out.
There are groups of people
that send donations to the affected
areas of a genocide. They send
money, clothes and normal things
we take the time to think about
how lucky we are to have. Some
people go over and help and
people and bring them hope when
they lost it all.
Genocides are no laughing
matter, they should be dealt with
as quickly as they pop up. So what
can you done good today? Send
money clothes or even a tooth
brush to a kid in need and make
there day. Take everything you
have and be grateful for it because
you dont know if could happen to
you, so take the time and realize
how lucky you really are.

As you see the devastating

marks on the childs neck,
either being cut or whipped
repeatedly.

"Late Corrective Surgery for Rwanda Genocide

Survivors | Africa | DW.DE | 03.10.2013." DW.DE.
N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2015.

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MUKANKUSI, CARITAS Stella. "The Impact of the Rwandan Genocide on

Gender Identity." - Irnes. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2015
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