Genocide

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A discussion of how the term 'genocide' has existed before the horrors of the twentieth century, during the period of colonialism and the slave trade. This paper examines three opinions regarding whether this term can be applied broadly to atrocities committed way back in history.

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"Genocide. The term "genocide" is a harsh word. It is a word used to describe the decimation of an entire people and culture. Sadly, this word has also become common cultural and political parlance in the vocabulary of America and the world today, given the horrific events that transpired during World War II in Europe, and later, during the 20th century in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. But is the present American nation, long before these chronicled events of recent memory, stained with a similar historical blemish of cultural eradication? Were the words spoken by one English colonist, "the only good savage is a dead savage," (Relle & Madras, 2003) merely hyperbole or representative of the English nation's entire ideology regarding the native peoples of the Americas?"

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