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Originally posted by Rudey
What circles? Is it on the same level as South African Apartheid?
As for singling African Americans out for an African issue, I think it's fair. I guess maybe Americans - white or black - are so mixed that their origins outside of this country are dead. Maybe I dont' understand because of that. But what I do understand is that other issues internationally are emphasized but not this. That's what I want to know.
And yes all groups should be active in protesting this atrocity and I loathe the fact that the world let another genocide happen.
-Rudey
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Well, I guess my circle. My undergraduate degree is in history (concentration:Africa) and I completed graduate level studies in African history. So, the situation is not new to me. Is it the protest on the same level as Apartheid?...no. But consider how long it took for people to become outraged about that system. How long did it take for people to really take a stand against that? Protests didn't intensify until the 1908s. Apartheid existed as a system in South Africa from the late 1940s until the first free elections. That's almost 50 years!! Why did it take so long? People knew what was going on, and no one did anything.
This is a human problem. However, I simply disagree that African Americans should be more outraged. African Americans are no more responsible for leading the cry to end this then any other group. Everyone should care about this. As Dr. King stated, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."