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…The word holocaust is a word that we have heard at one time or another. It means different things to different people. It is a word that brings up negative thoughts. Words like prejudice, death, genocide, and world domination are associated…

…, world domination with a foundation of prejudices creates mass genocide of past populations. Economic competition and improvement that existed and still exists creates a great tension between countries. Just like the arms race that was part of the Cold…

…and corruption that was conceived by several international governments. Since 1975, Indonesia's military dictatorship has conducted a brutal campaign of genocide against the East Timorese, killing 200,000 people, or one third of the population. The question of whether…

…be committed again. The Holocaust exemplifies how destructive racism and prejudice can be. The world needs to be reminded because as much as some people try, racism still exist and genocide still continues to present day. For example, the Rwandan genocide…

…people accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. This was a huge step for the U.N. as it recognized individual responsibility, the excuse that people were following orders was not a recognised answer any more. The USA opposed this move…

…The name Adolph Hitler sends a chill down any person's spine, no matter what religion or ethnicity. A household name, Hitler led the genocide, or mass killing of a specific group of people, in a movement known as the Holocaust. How did Hitler gain…

…. Therefore, the policies and missionaries could have been described as cultural genocide because they were intentionally aimed at erasing the practice and transmission of aboriginal culture and identity.…

…of the morning newspapers cry out about massacres over there, genocide over here, terrorism down there, and political bloodshed up here, it desensitizes and to the majority of individuals a revolution and a war for independence are synonymous, yet they are starkly…

…not only imposes its rule on another, but actively depreciates the things they hold to be of value" (Herskovits 1973:103). This third level of ethnocentrism is found in examples of racial segregation, the holocaust, and genocide of a race of people. Cultural…

…on the spot. Jews had to adapt to the discrimination and problems they underwent. But somehow, someway they came through it. Some survived some died. I am glad that I never went through that type of discrimination and genocide. Anti-Semitism is still an issue now…