How Native American Genocide Affects People And Society

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Imagine being part of one of the world's worst genocides. Imagine trying to kill Native Americans for hundreds of years. Imagine killing races of people just because you didn't like how they looked or even acted. Imagine putting millions of people into camps and forcing them to work when they're sick. You can't do it, can you? This has happened to millions of people over thousands of years. The deliberate killing of all people in a nation, race, political, or cultural group; the definition of genocide. Many people have different views on which genocides, are worst. I think that the Holocaust was the worst, while there are others who think the Native American genocide was. Although others cannot deny that all genocides were atrocious. Some of those genocides include the Cambodian, Moriori, Holdomer, Native American, Asian Holocaust, Ottoman Greek Empire, Rwandan, Congo “Free” State, and the Circassian Ethnic Cleansing genocides. …show more content…

When a genocide occurs, people become refugees to get away from it all. Refugees then become a social, political, and economic burden on other countries. The refugees also have to deal with discrimination and racism as they will have to live in refugee camps. Another way that it affects society, is the victim groups will get major hate from other people. Lastly, after a genocide ends, you have to rebuild a society, which is the most difficult thing to do. Today, there are still many genocides happening. There are many countries under Genocide Watch. The term Genocide Watch means that there are signs of a genocide happening in the future. Genocide Warning means that genocide is imminent. And the term Genocide Emergency means that that country has a genocide underway. Many countries are under Genocide Emergency right now. Some of those countries include Iraq, Somalia, Myanmar, Nigeria, and CAR (the Central African

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