Genocide in the 20th Century The term genocide was coined by Raphael Lemkin in his 1944 book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe; it has been applied to the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide and many other mass killings including the genocide of indigenous peoples in the Americas, the Greek genocide, the Indonesian killings of 1965-66, the Assyrian genocide, the Serbian genocide, the Holodomor,...
Genocide Has Many Forms
Thou Shalt Not Judge – Really?
Regardless of Our Best Intentions, We All Judge Others When I came home sobbing because all the kids on the bus were chanting “Great Big Gobs of Greasy Grimey Gopher Guts,” Mom always responded with the same words: “Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged!” It was the perfect chant...
The Effects of Denial in America
Accountability Versus Denial I write about hope. It’s something we saw very little of during the month of December. I’m stunned by the anger and hatred I’ve seen in the streets this past year. My grandfather would be horrified to see the direction this country has taken. We now...