kim lentz reflection

I think that the porpose of haveing a history class in school is to teach young students about events in history that may have occured from 40 yrs ago to 400 yrs ago. Also depending on the event, is to provide us with the information on what went down so now us knowing this knowledge we can prevent such an event from ever happening again. During the end of this year we began to learn about the Holoaust in Nazi Germany, how they torcherd poor inosent jews just because they were jews. Those people were torcherd and terrorized for years and were thought as lower than the Germans. To this day there are places in the world that have problems similar to these, for example, Darfur, Sudan. The civilians in Darfur go through pain and suffering every day, even now. They are being attacked by surrounding tribes and yet they did nothing to deserve this treatment. Althought the U.S. and is fully aware of these acts we do nothing about it, sure we go there to shoot documentaries on the hardship but do we realy do anything to help them? The U.N. just considers this as "clensing" and genoside. Could you imagine waking up one morning and instead of sitting at the table eating your breakfast with your beautiful children, you are sitting on a blanket, no shelter, not nearly any food and mabey 2 of ur children have been raped and killed, how do you think you would feel? Why doesnt anyone try to help you? If we know that this is going on in the world than why arent we helping those who need it and stop those who need to be stopped?


The Human Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights issued by the United Nations basicaly state that everyone is equal. Every continent has there own version of rights. We have the right to vote and the right to remain silent but we have rights to charge someone who commited a crime to send them to jail. Well in Sudan its alittle different. Today in our society we are spoiled we have ipods, laptops, clotheing stores, the list goes on but in Darfu,Sudan they have been reduced to almost absolutly nothing. The people there have either a itty bitty little hut or a blanket under a tree, barely enough food for themselves let alone there family and are tromitiezed by the day to day torcher of surrounding tribes and the government that go into their camps and slotter them, rape the woman and children, burn down their huts and basicaly make their lives a liveing hell. Its been 40 yrs or more that this has been going on and yet it is still hapening today and even tommorow and the next day. It is pretty clear that the Darfurians have no rights they have no power to stand up and say " hey leave me alone would ya" like we can. Also since we have better technology we can fight off those who are and become a threat to us, all they have there is maybe a tree branch they find along side them or maybe something small as a defence and fight for their lives or their families lives. The more and more information and pictures I find wile doing this project it makes me sick to my stomach knowing the pain and suffering these inocent people have to go through. Sure we always say that one person can make a difference but in order to stop them from getting attacked and not being able to fend for themselves, we need more than one persons help.

This event is very much related to the Holocaust of Nazi, Germany. In germany they thought of all Jewish civilians as "non Aribic" and not as equal to the others in germany. The jews who did absolutly nothing to have this brought onto them had been sent to consontration camps, killed and had their shops/businesses destroyed and they had to pick up the mess. In Darfur the people that live their just try to live life day to day. Wile doing this they have the fact in their head that other tribes from other countries of parts of Sudan can come at any point at any day and do what they please to those that live there. In Germany they would take familes and bring them to concontration camps and split them up, some would live and some would die. Those who were taken would never know what could happen to them within the next minute, the germans in charge could do what they pleased to them. The same goes for the darfurians. As we all know from learning in history that the Holocaust eventualy ended but if we take a look to the other part of the world, Darfur Sudan we see that it has not ended it is going even as im writeing this reflection. So I hope that if enough people can learn more about what is going on in the world today than we might be able to make a difference and save someones life.


The word Humanismn is definded as that all humans have individual matter, we all have our say on something and we all are supposed to be treated as equals. Even as this said no matter were you are in the world, no matter what continent, city or countary you can find that this is clearly not true at all. For example evn in my family we arnt treated as equals, my older sister and mom have alot more power and say than I do. Even in a continent as developed as the United States we are not equal. If this is the case for a wonderful place such as this than is there any hope for the rest of the world? What about those who have less than us, should they even try to survive and defend themselves? or shoudl they just give up knowing they have no chance? The darfurians wake up most likely in fear that they could die and and others in Sudan or Lybia or anyother surrounding country that even though they might be going through problems of their owns they might not be feering for their lives and others. Darfur is the perfect example showing that no one is equal, the sudan government and the Janjaweed clearly are way more powerful than the darfurians will ever be, thus they take advantage of it and show their power and take over tribe after tribe, not just darfuians and they do things to them that criminals here wouldnt even dream of. Wile looking for pictures for this project I came apon one picture that had a mother who was holding a child that was burned all over his body and brused. He was probibly only 1 or 2 yrs old, what harm can a todler do to you? Hostly people what good is the Sudan government and the Janjeweed getting out of this?


Even though we havent spent much time on this subject, I've gone through so much and saw so much that I know that this has to be stopped NOW! No one, absolutly no one should be treated this way its not right at all. If some kid is doing this project and doesnt care about the facts and doesnt take it all in then they should put themselves in the people who suffer shoe's. If that was happening to me or someone I knew than I dont know what i would do. I would be heartbroken and praying for those that lives had been taken and for those who suffer, I would most likey decide to have no loved ones with me like family or children so I can save them from this torcher. Honestly I would run for my life and flee as far away as i could or die trying if this was to be the life I was supposed to life than life Isnt worth liveing. If I had enough power than I would try so hard to stop this but it so far we dont know if it will ever stop. This isnt the only place in the world that had problems there is a never ending list of countries and problems that we cant fix, maybe someday like every miss america hopeful wants we will finaly have world peace, now that would be a life worth liveing for.