Feldman-Research+Paper

Thesis: These terrible crimes against humanity are being completely ignored by some nations including Sudan, and it is even argued that the conflict is a humanitarian crisis instead of genocide. It is time that people stand up and defend the citizens of Darfur who can’t defend themselves and to push the United Nations to declare this humanitarian crisis as genocide.

The topic that I chose to write my research paper on was the topic of the terrible conflict that is going on in Darfur and how it should be classified as genocide instead of a humanitarian crisis. I started my paper with a story of a woman being raped by the Janjaweed, mainly so I could set a serious tone for the entire paper. Then I tried my best to quickly summarize the background of Darfur. I did this covering the geography of Darfur, the diversity of the culture, and then the tensions between the people of Darfur and the government of Sudan that led to the terrible genocide that is occurring today. I then began to attack the claims that Darfur is a humanitarian crisis and not genocide by stating the definition of genocide and how Darfur fits. I then stated the gruesome facts that are attached to all the travesties that are going on in Darfur to open the eyes of all my readers of how serious this event is. Once I got my view of the topic across, I started to quote others from videos that I found about their take on Darfur and how they feel about it so that I could show that there is a wide base of supporters for my claims of Darfur being genocide instead of a humanitarian crisis. Lastly, in the last quarter of my paper I began to allow the topic to become unbiased by citing people that think it is a genocide and think that it isn’t. I used a quote by the President of Sudan to show how there are people that believe that the conflict in Darfur is in no way a genocide. I also cited why the United Nations believes that Darfur is not genocide mainly to give all the readers a second opinion on the topic. However, I counteracted the claims of those who believe that Darfur is a humanitarian crisis and not genocide by using what high powered officials have said on the topic. I was able to quote both Barrack Obama and Colin Powell on their view of Darfur and how it is and should be classified as genocide. I then closed my essay by showing how people are oblivious to the events in Darfur by quoting people from videos. I did this with the intent to show people that Darfur needs to become a main topic and that people need to get involved to stop the terrible genocide that is occurring there.