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)