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Aid workers fear a new disaster as militia forces close in on a major Darfur city.
On a sunny April afternoon in 2006, thousands of people flocked to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for a rally with celebrities, Olympic athletes, and rising political stars. Their cause: garner international support to halt a genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region.
“If we care, the world will care. If we act, then the world will follow,” Barack Obama, then the junior Illinois senator, told the crowd, speaking alongside future House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. That same week, then-Sen. Joe Biden introduced a bill in Congress calling on NATO to intervene to halt the genocide in Sudan. “We need to take action on both a military and diplomatic front to end the conflict,” he said.
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This is literally the first time I’m hearing about it
In the US at least, our policy today doesn’t affect this genocide. Outside of Sudan, the important parties are Egypt, the UAE, and factions in Libya. Whereas in Palestine US missiles and funding to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars are directly involved, US policy today does not affect Sudan materially.
Still though, the UN and other international organs are documenting and attempting to aid. It’s just not disputed by far right fucks in our government.
How many concurrent genocides do we have going on right now in the world? Like four? Five? I’m not sure.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts plus whatever is happening in Xinjiang.
Get in line behind Palestine and the Uyghurs so we can ignore you too!
Myanmar?
Don’t forget Yemen. I know, it’s a measly 350 000 dead so far, which apparently rate much less than Israel-Palestine conflict losses.
You mean Burma? Cause I dig their take on Buddhism.
The genocidal take?
I mean, they’re ignoring the one in Palestine and the one in China, and even taking sides against Ukraine, so how is this any different?
Palestine seems like 60% of what I hear about in national news and on Lemmy. Ukraine, though, no so much. People can’t use it to talk shit about Biden, after all.
The Kremlin is pumping social media full of anti-Biden propaganda, using Israel’s genocide as a wedge to split the Democratic vote so they can get Trump elected again.
Yes, 100% agree. No coincidence Netanyahu is a far right fascist and would prefer Trump himself.
Yes, people act like they’re going to piss off Israel’s government by not voting for Biden. Bibi says thank you.
Why won’t anyone think of the real victims, American liberals!
that snark is not going to sound so great when abortion is banned and Israel annexes Palestine with trump’s blessing. And the best part: you won’t even be able to protest anything!!
People can’t use it to talk shit about Biden, after all.
No. The Kremlin and Trumpers are using it to single out Biden so people will forget them and trade Bad for Much Worse.
ignoring the one in Palestine
???
It’s impossible to go on any social media without hearing about it.
The United Nations has been reporting the famine and war crimes in Sudan for decades.
I hate to say it but it’s been going on for too long, most people don’t care anymore. New conflicts have taken the spotlight.
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Hmm yes, like the Arab Spring or Apartheid or the Rwandan genocide, definitely unknown.
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There’s a major difference between something being unknown, and people being ill-informed.
shouldn’t that be “why is the world ignoring a looming genocide in sudan again?”
Sorry, Ill go fix it now that you’ve brought it to my attention.
No Jira ticket, no fixy.
The honest answer is that I can only care about so many ongoing genocides at once before I go numb towards it. And I am more invested in the one happening two countries over. And the absurdly cynical one committed by a people who had plenty of genocides happen against them over the course of history.
Sudan isn’t popular because it’s difficult to tie either side of the conflict to a specific political party. No one gets too many political points for speaking for/against.
There is oil.
Yeah, but gas prices are currently considered reasonable and tying those to politics is also a bit unfavorable now since everyone blamed the president when they were extra high but then it actually went back down and then no one knew what to do.
Because ignoring genocides is what the world does.
We can’t even handle the genocides we have now. Someone wants another? Ffs.
Could it be our weakness to act that is encouraging more genocides?
Yeah probably. But what do we do? “Vote?” “Protest?” That’s just thoughts and prayers. We have very little control over our governments in the short term and no control of—or right to control—another country. What is there?
Agitate, educate, organize. Vote, protest, unionize, build political coalitions, support local progressive politicians, etc. We need to do everything, and anything helps. We, the people, have all the power. To use it, we need to act collectively.
That sounds great for making your own country better. But how do we influence 100 or more countries in the next 30 days to condemn Israel, and any other country engaging in genocide?
Because we’re all anti-semites. Every single one of us. We only care because Jews are doing it.
You’re going to get there, might as well speed it up.
What are you talking about?
A wee bit of projection
The world has a tendency to ignore genocides that include mostly brown people killing eachother off.
Point and case: the genocide in the old Yugoslavian block was front page news. Rwanda on the other hand barely a blip.
I was a ~12 year old child when the Rwanda genocide was happening and remember hearing about it on the news all the time
Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, several conflicts were ongoing globally. Significant among them were:
- Syrian Civil War - A devastating conflict since 2011 involving multiple factions and foreign interventions.
- Yemeni Civil War - Starting in 2014, this war involves the Houthi rebels and the internationally recognized government, with significant Saudi and Iranian involvement.
- Afghanistan Conflict - The long-standing conflict saw a significant shift with the Taliban’s return to power in 2021 following the U.S. withdrawal.
- Ethiopian Tigray War - A brutal conflict beginning in 2020 between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
- Libyan Civil War - A multifaceted conflict ongoing since 2014 between various factions vying for control of the country.
These conflicts have caused significant humanitarian crises and geopolitical tensions, impacting millions of lives.
Although all of these had some kind of coverage in the news, the invasion of Ukraine completely shadowed all of these by a significant margin. Also take note that every single conflict listed above is from non-majority white countries fought by non-majority white combatants.
The genocide in Rwanda of course had some coverage but not remotely is provident as the genocide in Yugoslavia.
I’m not trying to be racial or anything like that. This is just the pattern that we see consistently in stuff like this. Military engagement in predominantly white countries has better coverage than in military engagements and predominantly non-white countries.
Syria and Libya dominated the news when their civil wars started and for some time afterward, but just like it has with Ukraine, coverage lessened over time. I’ve regularly seen Afghanistan in the news too, but what is there to report there besides what everyone expected the Taliban would do?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was genuinely different than all of these other conflicts, which were mostly ethnic or sectarian in nature. The scope and scale of the Ukraine invasion dwarfs these other conflicts by a significant margin, and it’s being perpetrated by an influential geopolitical adversary of the entire western world that poses a threat beyond this conflict
Several conflicts and humanitarian crises in predominantly non-white majority countries have been overshadowed by events in predominantly white majority countries. Examples include:
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Rwandan Genocide (1994): Despite the mass slaughter of the Tutsi population by the Hutu majority, the international community and media were slow to respond and provide comprehensive coverage. The genocide claimed approximately 800,000 lives in just 100 days.
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Darfur Conflict (2003-present): The genocide in Darfur, Sudan, has seen the systematic killing, displacement, and starvation of the non-Arab population by government forces and allied militias. Despite its scale and brutality, it has often been eclipsed by other international events.
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Democratic Republic of Congo Conflicts (1996-present): The series of wars and ongoing conflicts in the DRC have resulted in millions of deaths, primarily due to violence, disease, and starvation. These conflicts have received sporadic and often insufficient coverage compared to conflicts in Europe or the Middle East.
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Yemeni Civil War (2014-present): Despite being one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, the war in Yemen has not received consistent media attention. The conflict has led to widespread famine and suffering, exacerbated by the blockade and bombing campaign led by Saudi Arabia.
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Ethiopian Tigray War (2020-present): The conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has resulted in significant civilian casualties and displacement. While it has been reported, it has not garnered the same level of media attention as conflicts in Europe or other Western-centric issues.
These examples highlight a troubling trend in global news coverage, where atrocities in non-white majority regions are often underreported, leading to a lack of international awareness and delayed action.
Why does this read like an AI response?
When you read this after their previous comment, you might notice a lack of engagement with the conversation lol
Because it is.
It’s better than googling.
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