Saturday, April 11, 2009

Darfur Crisis

For a while now, there has been a crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Perhaps crisis is too light a term, anyway the events in Darfur have led to over 400,000 deaths and 2.5 million displaced people because of janaweed groups. For this topic we're supposed to say who we think is the worst offender in this conflict. Personally I think there is more than one group to blame, but if I had to pick I'd say if would be the Chinese government. My reasoning is that they are only interested in the oil and have allowed the killings to continue when they have the power to stop it. They also supplied the Sudanese government with either the weapons or the funds to give to the Janaweed groups which led to the killings. They have also put in loopholes to keep this conflict going, even if they are against it.

Reflection:
These last 2 weeks have been pretty good so far. I got my grade for my mask project, an A. I got my current 6 weeks grade in Biology, which is a B. We also have a german family staying with us. A mother and her 7 year old son, the mother works as a singer and speaks fluent english. Her son is very energenic and likes to play with my siblings and the toys we have. They'll be living in a few days though. Oh and I'm going to Colorado Wednsday with the other fine arts students for a performance and skiing.

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