Anthropology Second Film Paper Assignment God Grew Tired Of Us In 1983 the civil war of North and South Sudan broke out because of years of fighting of the Arab North against the Black Christian and Animus South, religion and oil were the main reasons behind the fighting. In 1987, the Muslim government sent out an announcement to kill all male children in the South regardless of age. In order to survive the bloody war, thousands fled from Sudan to Ethiopia. When the Muslim government reached word of those who fled, the 86,000 men fled from Ethiopia to Kenya. The 12,000 men who were able to survive when they reached their destination were referred to as the “Lost Boys of Sudan”.
Why were Anti- Vietnam war groups protesting about the war? Immorality of the war * My Lai massacre * Agent orange and Napalm (which burn the body through till bone) * The draft * Carpet Bombing towns with Civilians in them rather than the enemy * Racist war * Majority of the soldiers were between the age of 19 and 22 years old * Gruesome images of the war were put onto the tv everyday and executions etc caused alarm * Zippo raids Difficulty of winning the war * The enemy didn`t wear uniform * Many u.s troops were demoralised and didn`t know what they were fighting for * The tet offensive saw the north Vietnamese army seize 100 towns which meant they were stronger than the U.S first thought
Like the genocides of the past century, it will be notorious principally for its cost in human life" (Perl 25). The people in Darfur aren't that different from people like us. We have the same body functions/needs, they have faith in a higher diety like we do, etc. But most importantly, something that people seem to forget, they're people just like everyone else in the world. The Darfurians, targeted and attacked by their own neglectful government, entire villages burned and obliterated, men savagely murdered, women visciously raped, and children, unmercifully and sadly, meeting their forced ends as well.
“Our world is one of terrible contradictions. Plenty of food, but one billion people go hungry. Lavish lifestyles for a few, but poverty for too many others. Huge advances in medicine while mothers die every day in childbirth, and children die every day from drinking dirty water. Billions spent on weapons to kill people instead of keeping them safe.” (Ban Ki-Moon) The human rights issue addressed in this quote is one that the whole world is facing and has been facing for millennia.
I have never felt more impacted by a documentary in all of my life. Although I was aware that Hurricane Katrina had occurred, I was never fully touched by the devastation of the people. I feel that it is a movie that should be shown in classes. I definitely feel that it is such a large chunk of our history that should be added to our text books and even possibly integrated into the lesson plan for Advanced Placement classes for film analysis. I feel like most documentaries are redundant in their information and not personable on any level.
The al-Shabaab militant group has become known around the world in the past few months for their infamous acts involving Somalia. The militants Involved with this group are making it increasingly hard to reach the people of Somalia who are still living in drought and famine conditions. Barricades and walls have been built by these such militants causing major problems for the aid groups trying to help stranded refugees. In addition, fighting has begun on the border of Somalia and Kenya due to the al-Shabaab and their plans to regain “several chunks of territory” (Gettleman, “Fighting Erupts on Border”) they had lost in the past month to the Somalian Government. Due to the fighting a majority of the Somalis retained in camps in Kenya were forced to leave and scatter among the devastation, some fleeing as far as the other side of the border, on Somalia’s soil.
When put in a situation or a place where we do not belong, fear takes a hold of us. Did you know that the Columbine bullets were freely sold to the teenage killers by Kmart, at 17 cents apiece? “Bowling for Columbine” was a documentary film by Michael Moore which I found to be interesting, humorous, and an eye opener. “Bowling for Columbine” reminds us that this is a society where more than 11, 000 people die every year from guns, where TV news and entertainment programs produce violent images, where banks give away rifles to customers, and where the public lives in fear of being robbed and killed. It shows us how easy it is to get a hand on a gun.
These eye-popping numbers came about for many reasons: mandatory minimum sentences, three-strikes legislation, illegal drugs, gangs, immorality in all its modern forms, the war on drugs, the decline of marriage and families, high rates of recidivism, incarceration of the mentally ill, the decline of capital punishment, problems with the criminal justice system and all the forces pushing tough crime policies. Difficult economic times focus attention on the increasing costs of keeping all these people - 93% of them men - behind bars. Each prisoner costs about $32,000 per year, and the average prisoner does little to offset the cost of confinement. The social costs may be even higher. Breadwinners are lost, families destroyed, more kids grow up without fathers or mothers, welfare costs increase, the entire sex ratio is thrown out of balance and prisoners face grim prospects when released.
The World Bank and Its Role in the Ebola Crisis Over the past several months, an outbreak of Ebola virus diease has devastated West Africa. Several countries have paid a high price, in terms of both lives lost and economic impact. Due to the lack of financial resources common throughout most of Africa, the region is ill equipped to mount a quick, effective response to this outbreak. The World Bank, which has recently announced and implemented a finance package to assist the affected countries, is uniquely capable of assisting the region. The World Bank was established in 1944, and has a twofold mission: to “end poverty, and boost shared prosperity.” (http://www.worldbank.org/en/about).
Drowning in Plastic It’s hard to imagine life without plastic. It’s everywhere: covering our food, holding our purchases, protecting our loved ones, saving patients in hospitals and floating along our waterways and oceans. The thought of living in a world surrounded by toxic chemicals and pollution is a thought which many would rather not think about. Plastics have revolutionised the world in which we live, but with dire consequences. The production of these toxic-filled substances continues to lead the human race on a path of natural destruction; with thousands of animal sea-life dying annually from plastic consumption.