its amazing that time and time again history has shown that when Europeans invade tribal countries and try to enforce their way of life the existing inhabitants struggle with it and really don't want to stop living the way they have always done for thousands of years. we see the devastating affects that the English had on the aboriginals in Australia and the repercussions are still seen today. the same is true for the Hutus and the Tutsis tribes in Rwanda. the Belgians came in and because they showed favouritism towards the Tutsis aggression and hostility built up between the two tribes, which led to the horrific massacre in Rwanda in 1994. Jane Elliot's experiment also shows how even such a small difference in features such as blue and brown eyes can be used to cause racism and ultimately extreme hurt or if taken too far violence and death.
what a world we live in... humans have so much ability to show kindness and overwhelming love to others yet we chose to discriminate, hate people for no reason, cause division within ourselves and kill each other because we can... i don't think there is any other animal in all of creation who would want to harm one another like we do!
i've just attached an article from BBC News giving a quick over view of the history of the country and why the genocide happened. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1288230.stm
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
I've decided that i would like to do the social self question and so i thought i'd follow bec's lead and tell you all a little about myself!
I' 21 years old and i've lived in Canberra, on the southside since i was three so this is my home! I still live with my parents who i'm really close to along with my sister and brother... we are a really strong christian family and having this upbringing has had a massive impact on my life and my beliefs and values. Having my faith has taught my a lot about who i want to be now and who i want to evolve into as i grow throughout the rest of my life.
I'm currently in my last semester of Human Nutrition. At the end of last semester i became interested in the psychology behind people and their eating habits and food addictions. i think the psychology of people and how they relate to food is really important because it can impact how they see themselves, without any realistion on their part. there are so any food issues out there...obesity, anorexia and bullemia to name a few...and psycology plays a massive role in hs problems or diseases. i also want to find outmoreaout people and their relionships to food and how social situations can impact them...Hopefully that makes some sense.
what else... i'm also getting married at the end of this year. this has been an exciting life decision and upcoming change. i know it will continue to influence who i am and will be!
there is so much more that i'll have to figure out how to word everything else there is to know about me...its actually not that easy! love to hear your comments...thank you
rosie
I' 21 years old and i've lived in Canberra, on the southside since i was three so this is my home! I still live with my parents who i'm really close to along with my sister and brother... we are a really strong christian family and having this upbringing has had a massive impact on my life and my beliefs and values. Having my faith has taught my a lot about who i want to be now and who i want to evolve into as i grow throughout the rest of my life.
I'm currently in my last semester of Human Nutrition. At the end of last semester i became interested in the psychology behind people and their eating habits and food addictions. i think the psychology of people and how they relate to food is really important because it can impact how they see themselves, without any realistion on their part. there are so any food issues out there...obesity, anorexia and bullemia to name a few...and psycology plays a massive role in hs problems or diseases. i also want to find outmoreaout people and their relionships to food and how social situations can impact them...Hopefully that makes some sense.
what else... i'm also getting married at the end of this year. this has been an exciting life decision and upcoming change. i know it will continue to influence who i am and will be!
there is so much more that i'll have to figure out how to word everything else there is to know about me...its actually not that easy! love to hear your comments...thank you
rosie
Thursday, July 19, 2007
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