Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Definitions Better Than Webster's: Part 29

GENOCIDE:
“Resolution 260 (III) A of the United Nations General Assembly of 1948 states in part: ‘Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethical, racial, or religious group, such as:...(a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c)Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction in whole or in part...’

The document also prohibited: ‘(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group,’ and ‘(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.” -From, "Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to The Present" By: Harriet A. Washington

[SIDEBAR: This book is a MUST read! Please go out and get it. It has superb information in it! It should be required reading in all educational institutions.]

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