I do not know what is worse: that after swearing we would never let genocide happen again, our governments are letting it, or the utter ignorance in the populace which seem not to realize that people are being murdered for being African in the Sudan. Few newspapers or media outlets report on the tragedy that is taking place right now in the Sudan. Nicholas Kristoff, an editorialist for the NY Times has done his best to alert his readers to the horrors, often bringing his readers face to face with someone who was raped, escaped or saw their family killed/tortured by the janjaweed. Today the NY Times had an editorial piece discussing the tragedy. The Economist has also reported on it, though they have been silent in recent months.
It is really quite tragic that genocide is happening now in the 21st century. After the Holocaust, the world declared "Never again", yet the track record we have had in stopping or preventing genocide have been laughable. It is time for world powers to stand by their declarations and do something before once again it is too late.
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