Hello! Welcome to my blog! Today was the first class of LST 217, Accounting for Genocide. Dr. Nowak and Dr. Schaff started off class with a powerpoint filled with photos and a video about genocide, accompanied by the song. "Civil War" by Guns and Roses. After their introduction, they asked us to write down how we felt about what we had just seen and heard. It's sad, but it took that presentation to remind me of the oppression that once occurred in our world, and it reminded me that brutalities like this are still going on today.
It seems like it's so easy to forget about the bad things that are happening in the world when they don't directly affect us. We feel bad for the people that are being targeted, but then we just forget about them and move on with our lives. Does anyone else feel this way too? I hope LST 217 with change all of this for me. I don't want to be ignorant anymore.
Brooke, You raise great points-- it is so easy to forget or ignore when what is happening is not right in front of our eyes-- yet, then there is technology and seeing the devastation in Haiti, for example, the images and speed of connectivity make it much harder to just put away in the corner of our minds... I look forward to having you in class!! Jennie
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