PYGMY GENOCIDE

WHAT IS PYGMY

• Adult males less than fifty-nine inches tall(150cm)
• Only 500,000 reminding, sharply decling
• Founded in central Africa
• No one has truly pinpointed he reason
• Largely primitive forest dwelling people

ROOTS OF GENOCIDE

• Minority group, was seen as wild animals
• Competition with Bantu tribes
• The industry can benefit the pygmies
• Movement for the Liberation of the Congo
• Civil wars of Rwanda and DRC

SOME FACTS

• Enslaving, Abusing, Massacre,Raping, Eating
• 70,000 pygmies have been killed
• Not permitted as citizens, not given identity
• No immigrant communities can lobby them
• Pygmy was refused to have any social welfare

AWARENESS AND CHANGES

• Sinafasi Makelo, told the UN's Indigenous People's Forum
• During the Civil War, in 2003
• UN took action to give pressure to DRC
• BBC reported it in 2004
• More and more news draw people's attention in this case

WE HAVE TO STOP GENOCIDE

• No one has the right to kill another people
• Everyone is equal, everyone has equal rights.
• We have to overcome our sins
• Living respectfully and diversely id our goal
• Genocide is uncivilized, we still need civilization

WAYS WE CAN DO TO STOP

• Know more information about this geneside
• To know what excatly going on with the event
• Try to let more people know this event
• Get connected with organizations which work on it.
• Ask organizers anything if we can do for

WAYS WE CAN DO TO PREVENT

• To be more educated on the understanding of human rights.
• Have more connection with different race.
• Speak out when racially motivated hate crimes take place.
• Be prepared to explain racism to others.
• Work with organization which related to humn rights.