Genocide: Past to Present

I never really knew much about genocides, until I saw the movie Hotel Rwanda a couple of years ago. It was about the violence that took place amongst the Rwandan people between two ethnic groups in 1994, called the Hutu and Tutsi. One Rwandan man was able to save 1,268 people by sheltering them in a hotel, which he managed. It was the first time I had ever heard about the Rwandan genocide. By reflecting on the movie, it is hard to say how or why genocide still occurs. Maybe it is to put the blame on a group of people just to provide a common enemy and reasure themselves that they are destroying the bad guys. The only way to categorize these "enemies" is I guess by race, gener, or religion. That is what Hitler did, and his plan worked by killing millions of innocent Jews. It is very easy to say that genocide should not happen anymore, but it is easier said then done. After 9/11, all people wanted to do was have some kind of opinion on the Muslim faith. That is when violence begins, when people stop talking about specific people who committed an act and look at his or her background or faith and blame it on that. Ways that we can avoid and demolish genocide for ever occuring again is by simply to stop being ignorant and stop believing what other people have to say negativley on a certain group. Use your mind and develop your own interpretation. But no matter what, the destruction of people based on heritage or faith is never the right road to take. But like I said, easier said than done...