October 27th, 2008
Darfur Essay~Introduction (Group 1)
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Group 1: Kiley, Jimmy W., Frank, and Furb
Please post your introduction and first body paragraph by Tuesday 12 noon. Comment on your classmates’ posts by Tuesday 9:00 pm. See you on Wednesday.
on October 27th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Kiley
Imagine you live in a country where your own government has turned against you because of your religious beliefs. The government has hired career criminals to brutally torture and kill you, your family, and friends. These criminals manage to burn down your whole village, and destroy and contaminate the limited supplies of food and water. Your father, uncle, and brother are violently killed. You and your mother are survivors but victims of rape. These acts of human cruelty are very real, and are occurring in Darfur. According to the Save Darfur Coalition, the crisis has taken over 400,000 lives and displaced 2.3 million from their homes. Since the start of the crisis in 2003, the United States has failed to cease the genocide and its perpetrators.
In 2003, after decades of neglect and abused power by the government in Darfur, the Sudanese Liberation Army, a rebel group consisting of non-Arab African farmers, retaliated against the government after years of abuse. The Sudanese Liberation Army’s efforts only worsened the situation, when Sudanese President al-Bashir responded with brutality. In order to defeat the rebels, the government hired and armed career criminals as militiamen, also known as the Janjaweed (Not On Our Watch).
on October 28th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Jimmy W
Jimmy Woodward
Such a world where terror is free to do what it wants. During the genocide with the Nazi’s, people were living in hell for years before any help finally came. Now, in Darfur the citizens are facing extreme danger every time they work on simple tasks like gathering wood. From Nazi Germany to Darfur, Sudan genocide has run free. All evil genocides relate to one another, from the humans the criminals target to the ways the criminals carry out their terror. Despite the phrase ‘Never Again’ evil continues to run free targeting the innocent.
The reason for killing is not important, murder is murder and genocide is the worst type of murder. The Nazi’s would uproot the Jewish citizens and take them to an unknown death camp. The prisoners were treated like they were worthless until they died or were killed. The data that R.J. Rummel shows in his report, “Democide: Nazi Genocide and Mass Murder” over the twelve years the Nazis were able to kill 20,946,000 people. The Nazis truly believed in the Aryan race being superior to the rest of the world, and they truly thought they were the best. The worst part of it all is that the Nazis were ok with killing them, revealing the true evil sadistic mind they all had, not perfection.
on October 28th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
This is from Furb who is having internet trouble.
For all that may or may not know, Darfur is a region located in the north western part of Sudan, Africa. According to “Not on Our Watch,” since 2003 a crisis in Darfur has taken over 400,000 lives and still increasing today. Many who may not have been killed, have been forced away from their homes, and had their everyday lives changed dramatically. When I think of Darfur and my life, I don’t think of
anyway that effects myself, but think about how this genocide effects others that are my age, and that are going through a time to fight for survival. The lives of adolescent males and females located in Darfur have many different ways of life: culturally, socially and technologically, compared to the lives of adolescent males and females in America.
Lives in Darfur are impacted by a significant amount due to the genocide. Rape, murder, fires and chaos are and everyday ordeal. Lives of men in Darfur differ from lives of women. If you were an adolescent man living in Darfur, your life would be something like this: you have no home, shelter, resources, family, or anything around you at all
except for one thing; the “Janjaweed.” According to The Darfur Crisis, the Janjaweed are militia men on horseback, hired by the government to execute tribes in Darfur; primarily the Fur, Tunjur, Masalit, and Zaghawa. Janjaweed means “devil on orsheback,” according to the book “Not on Our Watch.” If you are a man in Darfur, and the Janjaweed do find you, you will most likely be killed instantly. But not just any way of being killed. They will use machetes to make your death as slow and painful as possible. When Janjaweed find women on the other hand, they use many different techniques to make their life, not worth living.
Kiley- Good information and opening to put people in the situation that others are going through. Did not include an introduction to the source Not on Our watch.
Jimmy W- Little bit of a flat beginning. Sentences could have more substance to them. Good comparisons in the second paragraph. Has
potential to be very interesting for people who like history.
on October 28th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Jimmy W
Kiley: So far I like it. It is coming along well and I wanted to keep reading.
Furb: Yours has so much info packed into it already, it really good. (mine needs to be more like that)
on October 28th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Kiley
Jimmy: Your first paragraph has good content/substance, but it seems like its explained in a dull way. Second paragraph is interesting, nice comparisons
Furb: Overall very informative so far, love the idea of the comparison between male/female kids
on October 28th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
In Darfur, it’s by the way of God that someone lives past 25 years old. In Darfur, all children are filled with sorrow, and all the adults are filled with pain. It seems as if one wants to practice peace, then one must prepare for war. There are several tactics to end genocide. First, diplomatic leadership, raising awareness, raising funds, writing a letter, calling for divestment, joining an organization, and finally, lobbing the government.
Sudan is the largest country in Africa. Sudan is divided by the Arab and non-Arab influenced society. Darfur is a region in Sudan that is separated into three regions West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur. The War in Darfur is a conflict in the Darfur region of Western Sudan. Genocide focuses on the extinction of an ethnic, national, religious, or a specific racial group. According to the International Convention, “genocide can include killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberating inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part, imposing measures to prevent births, or forcibly transferring children from a targeted group.” Yet despite the negative focus that Africa gets, diplomatic leadership can make a big difference.
Furb: I like how you provide information about Sudan.
Jimmy: your first pararagaph is juicy with details. your second parapgraph is full of support from your first paragraph.