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Recommended: Concequence of genocide

In this paper I will be discussing my visit to the Museum of Tolerance website. In my time exploring the the website I was able to explore the topic of genocide and its true and literal meaning. Genocide is defined as any acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group;
Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group(1). With this clearly defined I was able to explore the website and see the many different programs put in place to stop Genocide through out the world. This website is informative, unnerving, and incredibly moving.
What I really found interesting about this subject matter is before I went to the website I thought that the main focus would be the Holocaust and was surprised and intrigued that its focus was on intolerance and current topics that are happening today in the world. Through the website I was able to learn about many different genocides that have occurred that I had no pre knowledge of which was both disturbing and eye opening for me. Millions of people died and yet the topic is barely spoke of and is most certainly not given the attention it deserves. This is were the ideal of a silent holocaust come in, I always found that term very contrary after a lll how can a holocaust be silent? How can the cold blooded murder of million of people based on their religion, race, or culture be silent. Well its silent because no one...

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...lly of human nature which is that we have the propensity to convince ourselves of any truth that we want. That we have an unwavering ability to believe ourselves right and just. The Museum of Tolerance exposes us to this truth as well as shows us the larger picture of what can happen by many seemly insignificant event and how they can lead to a travesty of unmeasurable cruelty. My visit to the Museum and to its website, opened my eyes to so many things I was unaware of and has strengthened my desire to never let things like hateful speech, or discriminative behavior happen in my presents without making a stand against it, because a genocide isn’t started in a day, it is something that is built upon and cultivated in the hearts of people and breed from hatred, ignorance, and fear. So no matter what one say to themselves, we do have a say and we can make a difference.

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