GENOCIDE
The Most Inhumane Act of Humanity
"The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread. When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out "stop!" When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer." -Bertolt Brecht
A word that strikes fear into the hearts of many; a word that instantly brings to mind horrifying memories; a word that every day consumes the lives of thousands. But what exactly is genocide? And, more importantly, why is it still it raging on today? Genocide is the deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial, national, or political group. After the Holocaust of the 1940s, the United Nations finally identified genocide as a crime, approving rules and laws to end the dreadful act. Obviously, genocide is still occurring. Throughout our world today, many countries in North Africa, as well as several in West Asia are experiencing their own genocides. The international community needs to do more to prevent genocide from occurring, or shall we suffer the consequence of yet another tragedy? If the world does not take a different approach, genocide will litter our future.