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GENOCIDE
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Genocide: An attempt to eliminate, in whole or in large part, a particular group of people (such as national, ethnic, racial, religious, social, or political groups).
Mass Murder: The intentional killing of a large number of people who are either unwilling or unable to defend themselves.
Ethnic Cleansing: The attempt to remove a particular group of people from a particular geographic area through the use of terror.
Discrimination: Positive or negative behavior toward a particular group
• rules or laws directed against a group or its members; • or practices that subordinate people of a particular
group. • positive behaviours, policies and practices that
systematically advantage one group over another.
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GENOCIDE
Nazis: (1933-1945)
Jews, Gypsies, gays & lesbians, communists, mentally ill
KILLED: @11 MILLION
Turks: Armenians in WWI (1914-1918)
KILLED:@2 MILLION
MASS MURDER
Slave Trade
(U.S. & many W. European countries):
@1600-1850
KILLED:@20 MILLION
Turks
Armenians, 1890s
KILLED 300-400,000
ETHNIC CLEANSING
U.S. & Native Americans
Pop. of NAs reduced from about 2million to 500,000 over 300 years. -- mass murder -- starvation -- war -- forced removals -- disease
Yugoslavia Serbs in Bosnia (1980s,1990s) -- terror, expulsion, and thousands found in mass graves
DISCRIMINATION
History of many non-Northern European groups in U.S.
-- Irish, Italians, eastern Europeans, Jews, African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, etc.
Women around the world
Hindu Caste system
examples of genocide, mass murder, ethnic cleansing and discrimination
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Discrimination
EthnicCleansing
Geno-cide
Mass murder
1. Genocide is a type of ethnic cleansing, mass murder, and discrim.
2. Ethnic cleansing is a type of discrimination.
3. Mass murder can be used for genocide and ethnic cleansing, but can also occur for reasons other than genocide, ethnic cleansing, and discrimination.
4. There are many types of discrimination that have nothing to do with genocide, ethnic cleansing, or mass murder.
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Relationships between Democide, Mass Murder, and Genocide
All genocides are democides.
Most mass murder is democide.
Some mass murder is genocide, but some is not.
Democide
mass murder
Genocide
Mass Murder and Genocide in the 20th Centuryfrom R. J. Rummel, http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills
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TOTALITARIAN REGIMES USSR, 1917-1987 62,000,000 Chinese Communists, 1923-1987 39,000,000 Nazi Germany, 1933-1945 21,000,000
AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES Chinese Nationalists, 1928-1949 10,000,000 Japan, 1936-1945 6,000,000 Turkey, 1909-1923 2,600,000 Cambodia, 1975-1980 2,000,000
Note: These numbers are best guesstimates. In most cases, because of denials, secrecy, and coverups, it is impossible to know the exact number with precision.
Mass Killing is common in Africa
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Congo 4 million deaths since 1998, prompted by endless
fighting between armed gangs/warlords.
Sudan (Darfur) 800,000 dead since 2002, in tribal/religious
warfare/genocide
Uganda Idi Amin (dictator) killed 400,000 of his own people in the
1970s and 1980s. (Last King of Scotland) Since 2002, another 100,000 dead from rebellion in
North.
Nigerian Civil War (1970s) 400,000 dead
Rwanda (1990s) 800,000 dead (about half from gov’t-sponsored genocide) (Hotel Rwanda)
Civilian Death Tolls by Democracies vs. Totalitarian/Authoritarian Regimes in WWII
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Numbers Approximate
Civilian Dead Resulting from Civilian Dead Resulting from Allied invasion&bombing of
Germany German Invasion, mass murder: Total German civilian
dead: @21 million @2 million
Allied bombing (including nuclear) of Japanese cities
Japanese Invasion, mass murder: Total Japanese civilian dead:
@20 million @600,000
Sources: R. J. Rummel, http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_deaths_and_atrocities_of_the_twentieth_century J.V. O’Brien, http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~jobrien/reference/ob62.html
Civilian Deaths in the Modern Middle East, since 1975
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Authoritarian Regimes:Ethiopia: 800,000 (“class enemies,” Eritrean
war)Iraq: 100,000 (Kurds, Shi’ites, Kuwaitis)Iran: 60,000 (Kurds, Bahai, Monarchists)Sudan: 2,000,000 (Darfur, Africans, Christians)Syria: 21,000 Kurds, Sunnis
Democracy:Israel: @15,000 (Palestinians, Lebanese)
Sources: http://genocidewatch.org/aboutgenocide/genpolmmchart.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3694350.stm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War#Casualties
Civilian Deaths by Authoritarian Regimes vs. Democracies
llustrates two key points:1. War pushes democracies in an authoritarian direction• democracies kill civilians mostly during wars• willingness to cause and justify civilian deaths2. Democracies almost never commit mass murder of their own people,
whereas authoritarian and totalitarian regimes frequently do so.
WWII
Modern
Middle East
Authoritarian/Totalitarian
Regimes
35 million 3 million
Democracies 2.5-3 million @15,000
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Your turn:Research an 20th
century genocide and explain:
why it began?Turning pointsWhy didn’t the UN/EU
stop it?Impact: LT, MT and STKey individuals on
both sidesOutcomesWhat is happening
now?
Work in pairs and be ready to present next Monday on your chosen topic area.
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List of genocides:19th CenturyIrish Potato
FamineFrench Revolution:
War in the VendeeKing Leopold’s
Genocide in the Congo
20th CenturyRussian Ethnic cleansing
of CircassiansArmenian GenocideDecossakisation 1918-20Guatemala – 1981-3East TimorBangladesh War of 1971Sri Lankan Civil WarSrebrenica Massacre
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