Every year in April, Rwandans commemorate the genocide that not only killed more than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus, but that literary destroyed a tiny piece of paradise. For one hundred days, the United States along with the rest of the world deliberately ignored a country in crisis. Since then, movies like "Hotel Rwanda" has ate away at our apathy and made the world aware of how all of us humans are the same the world over. Unfortunately, a repeat of Rwanda is taking place in SudanŽs Darfur region with now an estimated 400,000 dead by the Sudanese government. Although the U.S. has called this genocide in 2004, nothing but tough words and sanctions have been unable to stop the deadly wrath of the Jangaweed. "Never Again" that famous phrase that has been used by the world leaders is almost a joke to me, since weŽve been ignoring genocides like Cambodia, Bosnia, and now Darfur. If we truly mean "Never Again" then why is it that every time genocide occurs somewhere in the world we run away from the problem instead of facing it head on? Have we really learned our lessons from Rwanda? Any likeminded person would shout "NO!!" Or maybe we humans refuse to learn from our mistakes. Until we learn, weŽll just keep silent and ignorant until somehow, we get out "just desserts".
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