Reflection 16

The articles having to deal with ethnic cleansing and genocide although factual were very disturbing. Genocide is mass killing of a race. Any race it doesn’t matter. Ethnic cleansing is when a certain group of people are killed intentionally in order to be erased. A perfect example of ethnic cleansing was during the holocaust. The Germans tried to completely wipe out the Jews homosexuals and gypsies. This was probably one of the most horrific events in the history of the world. I do not understand how people can come about with these atrocities toward one another. If racism wasn’t enough we have to go and wipe out thousands of ethnic groups and races for no reason that cannot be justified. I recall the first time I ever learned about genocide. I was browsing the web and for some reason genocide popped up. I clicked on images and I saw a very disturbing picture that has stayed with me since I saw it. The picture was that of a little boy who was extremely skinny. He was alone crying holding his head which was all bloody and there were bodies all around him. That broke my heart. There were many pictures of dead people all over the place. It was disastrous. I cannot believe how inhumane people can be toward one another. Thousands of people were murdered men and children and women were raped repeatedly. Genocide and ethnic cleansing are examples of what is wrong in the world. People exterminating each other thinking they are doing something for the better getting rid of certain races to “better human kind”. Ethnic cleansing and genocide were considered against the law but nothing was ever done to those who caused all those murders. Because of ethnic cleansing millions of people lost their families, their homes, and their lives. Dating back to early history people were trying to kill each other off. The early settlers came to different countries taking over killing the natives, the Germans tried wiping away the Jews along with the minorities, even the Catholics would have mass murderings if the people did not following along with the religion that was being stuffed down their throats. We need to be careful and make sure these things never happen. It is said history repeats itself and we should hope these atrocities never happen again for this can destroy mankind.