Shocking Realization
As we stated in the video, we had Never heard of Tuol Sleng, S-21, The Khmer Rouge or the Cambodian Genocide. We were shocked to find out that this even happened!! How could something so much like the Holocaust just be ignored. In our schools the Holocaust is portrayed as the only genocide to ever have happened in recent history. We understand the restricted time that teachers have in the classroom. But we believe that just touching on the fact that other things like this have occurred throughout human history and recent human history is vital for not only learning empathy towards others but for understanding world issues on a higher level.
After going to Tuol Sleng, it started to dawn on us that anyone over the age of 30 living in Cambodia today were effected by Pol Pot and The Khmer Rouge. It made us really begin to look at the people of Cambodia in a different light. Cambodia has blatant after effects due to the policies of The Khmer Rouge. Understanding their history helped us comprehend their present and hope for their future.
We could only fit so much information about Tuol Sleng and this genocide into our video. There are so many more horrific events
that happened to these people not so long ago. Check out the following websites to further your education on not only the Cambodian Genocide but the mass slaughtering in Rwanda and the current Genocide going on in Darfur, Sudan. Education is key!!
“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana
Cambodia
www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/pol-pot.htm
www.cambodiangenocide.org/genocide.htm
Darfur, Sudan
www.savedarfur.org/pages/background
Rwanda
candy on July 10, 2010
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