May 2012
9 posts
Museum Write-up
Museum Write-up
When our class entered the Museum of Tolerance, I was anxious to learn all of the things that the museum had to offer. The learning began right away when our class received our tour guide. Our tour guide talked (too much) and gave us a large amount of information to take in. He started out by telling us the definition of tolerance. He said that tolerance is not...
Current Events
Current Event #4
On May 16, 2012, former Bosnian Serb army commander, Ratko Mladic, went on trial for crimes against humanity. Mladic was accused of being involved in the 5-day slaughter at Srebrenica that killed 8,000 Muslims in July of 1995. Also, the former army commander led the May 1992 siege against the city of Sarajevo. There, he cut of the population from the outside world...
Current Events
Current Event #3
In Liberia, there was a president by the name of Charles Taylor. He took power by overthrowing the regime of Samuel Doe in 1989. However, this resulted in a civil war that killed a total of 200,000 people over the next 14 years. Then in 2003, Taylor was sent into exile in Nigeria due to heavy international pressure that forced him out of office. Later, in 2006, he...
Current Events
Current Event #2
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a renegade general named Bosco Ntaganda has been recruiting youngsters to fight as soldiers in his rebel army. According to the Human Rights Watch (WRW), in the last month alone, he has forcibly recruited nearly 150 young men and boys in the east of Congo. The lucky people who happened to escape said that they had been taken at...
Current Events
Current Event #1
Last year in February, Egypt’s dictator, Hosni Mubarak, fell. After this event, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces took over. Since then, Egyptian citizens have been protesting for those military leaders to hand power to a civilian authority, turning the country into a democracy. Recently, there have been violent riots in the city of Cairo. On May 2, 11...
Genocide and Racism Research Papers
Apartheid Research Paper
Before the apartheid, South Africa was ruled by Great Britain and the Netherlands during the age of imperialism. Eventually, the two countries fought for all of South Africa which became known as the Boer War (1899-1902). In the end, Great Britain ended victorious and ruled all of South Africa. In 1910, the British handed over the territory to white locals. ...
“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
– Miss Maudie, To Kill a Mockingbird
two ears, one mouth: Journal Post #2 →
Tolerance is such a difficult trait to have because to have it, on must take time to get to know a person. Most of the time, people judge others at first glance because they believe in the stereotypes that they grow up hearing. These racist beliefs are embedded in the back every person’s mind no matter how tolerant they say they are. This is why it is so hard to be a completely tolerant...
two ears, one mouth: Journal Post #1 →
In the Congo, militias have taken control of lands in Congo and turned them into mines for finding natural resources. In the militias efforts, millions of people living in Congo have died. Also, the country has been under the control of selfish dictators that don’t try to fix the problem at hand. The country has been plagued with being under rule and harsh times that it was never left...
