Sunday, April 07, 2019

Quote of the Day



It is impossible to study [the] history [of the Rwandan genocide] without drawing parallels to what's happening in our world today. With the rise of far-right populism around the world, white nationalists throughout the U.S. and all Western countries are using the same fear-stoking language Rwanda's genocide perpetrators used in the months and years leading up to the 1994 genocide. That's chilling.

– Beth Murphy
Director of the forthcoming film, Camera Kids
Quoted in Jessica Corbett's article,
A Model of Hope for the World: 25 Years After Rwandan Genocide,
New Film Shows Journey Toward Justice and Healing

Common Dreams
April 7, 2019





Related Off-site Links:
Rwanda Marks 25 Years Since the Genocide. The Country Is Still Grappling With Its Legacy – Alan Cowell (The New York Times, April 6, 2019).
25 Years After The Genocide Against The Tutsi In Rwanda, 62,000 Genocide Victims Will Get A Burial – Ewelina U. Ochab (Forbes, April 7, 2019).
25 Years After Rwanda Genocide, Survivors Forgive Killers – Ignatius Ssuuna (Associated Press via Stars and Stripes, April 6, 2019).
What Have We Learned From the Rwandan Genocide? – C. Cora True-Frost (U.S. News and World Report, April 5, 2019).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
Trump's America: Normalized White Supremacy and a Rising Tide of Racist Violence
President Trump, “We Hold You Responsible”
On International Human Rights Day, Saying “No” to Donald Trump and His Fascist Agenda
In Charlottesville, the Face of Terrorism in the U.S.
Trump's Playbook

Image: Family photographs of some of those who died hang on display in an exhibition at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in the capital Kigali, Rwanda – Friday, April 5, 2019. (Ben Curtis/Associated Press)


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