The Four Stages Of Conflict In Darfur

According to The Atlantic, “The distinction between “Arab” and “African” in Darfur is defined more by lifestyle than any physical difference: Arabs are generally herders, Africans typically farmers. The two groups are not racially distinct”(“The Real Roots of Darfur”). The conflict in Sudan started in 2003, when Omar-al Bashir was in charge. During the Sudanese genocide the African population is being targeted because Africans took up farming and thrived while Arabs stuck to herding, which was becoming a fraying livelihood. The modern conflict in Sudan is alarming because it meets several stages of genocide: dehumanization, organization, extermination, and denial. The third stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is that stage of genocide during which the targeted group or people are often victims of hate crimes and/or hate speech, and are subsequently deprived of their humanity by others. According to Eric Reeves: “the regime carries out its massive attack on the African populations likened by Hassabo to “insects”?”(“Vast Carnage in Jebel Marra Fails to Spur the International Community”). This quote demonstrates dehumanization because people often think of insects as something to be

Extermination is the stage during which the intent is to kill the targeted group, or to make sure they die out en masse. According to Eric Reeves: “more than 500,000 dead from the direct and indirect consequences of thirteen years of intense, ethnically-targeted violence in the region”(“Vast Carnage in Jebel Marra Fails to Spur the International Community”). This is an example of extermination because the targeted group, which is the African population, is now dying out en masse. The African population is dying out in massive numbers due to the consequences of the prior stages of genocide, culminating in extermination. To summarize, the African Sudanese population is dying out en masse due to the prior stages of