Historical Globalization: The Rwandan Genocide

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The effects of historical globalization are still affecting us today. Historical globalization refers to the events that lead to the world becoming interconnected. These legacies continue to influence our everyday lives, from our diet to the media we consume. The author of the source declares that the effects of history are no longer relevant in today's society. They then proceed to claim that it is not necessary to factor in history as we progress in society. Groups from former imperialist countries who feel ashamed may choose to avoid the subject of historical globalization and agree with this source. Individuals belonging to groups who have been oppressed throughout history would strongly disagree with source as the author does not believe …show more content…

The Rwandan genocide and the First World War are both examples of this. It was the practices such as ID cards imposed by the Belgian and German governments that furthered the divide between the Tutsis and Hutu groups that caused this genocide. More modern conflicts such as the Darfur genocide no longer revolves around colonies but instead oil. The building of pipelines have now become the topic of many debates in developed countries, meanwhile the countries the oil is being taken out of are driven to civil war over over the resource. As Europe and North America benefit the former colonies are left alone to fix the problems they created. By looking back the events of historical globalization we are able to learn of the sources of these events and what lead up to the murder of thousands of people. Increasing our knowledge of the past allows us identify our society’s flaws and what could emerge as a result of them. Without doing so history is bound to repeat its legacy of assimilation, genocide, and ethnocentric …show more content…

We are now more connected with access to more knowledge than we have ever been. Knowing this we should be able to make the necessary progress and changes towards a healthier more sustainable society. However we continue to make choices not recognizing the signs and considering the possible outcomes. The Second World War gave us the example of a dictator we needed to avoid bringing another one into power. However as we continue on governments continue to show signs of movement towards a more authoritarian status. From the political slogans, propaganda, and elimination of freedoms such as the internet, it should be easy to recognize the direction the current political party is moving. Despite this America refuses to use the parts of history that could be used to benefit them but instead cling to the practices that continue to produce negative

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