In class on Thursday the topic we mainly discussed was genocides. I found it interesting how much we as a society do not learn about them. Most of the ones that were presented I have never heard of. The ones that I have were because I took an African history course last semester and we discussed the Rwanda genocide, and the Darfur one. If it wasn’t for that class though I wouldn’t of heard of any of the ones he brought up. It is just so bizarre that these horrors are taking place and so many people are ignorant of them.
The sad thing is that our society is a society based on visuals. If on the news they talked about a genocide, sadly I think that most people would not have strong feelings about it. But if that same news station started showing pictures of the horror happening, then we would have something to say. With pictures it draws an emotional response from people, meaning that they will respond more strongly when there is a picture involved.
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