The importance of opposing viewpoints -- Introduction -- Is genocide different from war crimes or ethnic cleansing? : The difference between genocide and ethnic cleansing / Layla Quran ; What is the Genocide Convention of 1948? / Climate Change Trust ; How genocide was investigated in Myanmar / Roland Hughes ; Ukrainians suffer at the hands of Russia / Alexander Hinton ; The U.S. is careful to distinguish war crimes from genocide in Russia's invasion of Ukraine / Haley Ott -- How does racism relate to acts of mass brutality? : Violence and racism are related and one affects the other / Sarah Malotane Henkeman ; Reckoning with the history of racism and violence against Native Americans / Abel R. Gomez ; The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre / Clark Merrefield ; America has not done enough to atone for racism and mass violence / The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board ; The U.S. has a long history of racial massacres / Ovunc Kutlu -- Where do genocides happen, and why do they happen? : President Biden accuses Vladimir Putin of committing genocide in Ukraine / Ron Elving ; Dehumanization precedes genocide / David Livingstone Smith ; Dehumanization paved the way for violence in multiple countries / Michelle Maiese ; No country is immune to the risk of genocide / United Nations ; Warning signs of mass violence exist in the United States / Nadia Rubaii and Max Pensky ; Genocide is a response to extreme political threat / Andrea Bartoli and Mahbubur Rahman -- Can genocide be prevented? : Countries must embrace the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Laksiri Fernando ; Genocide or not it is essential to acknowledge war crimes and crimes against humanity / Dominique Fraser ; Democracies decrease the risk of genocide by avoiding war and conflict / Democracy Digest ; Building trust in government decreases chance of conflict / Kim Boo-Kyum ; How to prevent genocide in the future / Alon Ben-Meir ; There are measures that can help prevent genocide / Kerry Whigham -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact.
Summary:
"What factors lead a people to commit the unthinkable against an entire population? What constitutes genocide? Can it happen in a Democracy? Perhaps surprisingly, genocide continues to occur in the present day in places around the world. Why can't it be stopped? The enlightening viewpoints in this resource debate the finer points of genocide, including the murkier areas of mass brutality, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes. Students will gain a deep understanding of the topic through analysis of genocides throughout history"-- Provided by publisher.
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