January 13, 2009
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Witnessing Genocide
4 years ago, in 2005, my fellow university students and I protested silently on our campus to tell the world about the crisis in Darfur.
Today, I sit amongst humanitarians, human rights investigators, physicians, nurses, and advocates of justice who have already been to Darfur. They've heard the stories, seen the horrors of the camps, cared for the sick and the displaced. And the stories sadly, are the same as what I heard in then, because nothing has changed. In fact, the situation is getting worse...400,000+ dead, over 2 million displaced...
Will we just stand by and watch?
“Let us remember: what hurts the victim most is not the
Cruelty of the Oppressor, but the Silence of the Bystander.”
- Elie Wiesel
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What will it take to end it?
In 1996, "Schindler's List" debuted as an epic Holocaust film. People streamed out of the theaters in tears, declaring "Never again!" That was also the same year as the Rwandan genocide. In 2004, "Hotel Rwanda" debuted as an epic Rwandan genocide film. People streamed out of the theaters int ears, declaring "Never again!" That was also the second year of the Sudanese genocide. I want to think we can change, but a part of me wonders what genocide will be happening when (if?) history recognizes and grieves over Darfur...
it will end, after we've already lost thousands upon thousands and it costs us nothing to intervene.
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