Slavery, the Holocaust, the US Civil War; So much time is put into studying examples of the past. How could we have let these things happen? How could things ever have been so bad in the world? When people watch Hotel Rwanda they often get upset and feel as though something like that could never exsist in a world they live in. They wouldn't stand for things so horible excisting in the world.
What if I told you that the horrible things you think about when you look at past genocides and hate crimes are just as promonent as ever? There is no point looking at past conflicts that we have had without trying to use our knowledge to help the world around us. There are many things that in the future our generation will be judged for. Some things such as the civil war in Sudan, the US's involvement in Iraq, and poverty around the world will be looked at in the future as terible problems like today we look at things in the past like the Holocaust.
Our generation has been described as not caring about the world, just focused themselves and material items. We can't let this be the way history classes in 100 years discribe our world today.
2 comments:
I think that this is dead-on. Apathy is such a huge problem and I definitely think that it will be our defining historical characteristic. I entirely agree with this post; the ignorance and permissive nature of Americans will be what's judged moreso than a singular act.
This is so insightful! Bravo!
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