America is the wealthiest country in the world. Consequently, a large portion of its citizens reside in the suburbs. These average American’s like to indulge in many luxuries including nice cars, spacious houses, and big screen televisions. The American upper class is exponentially more frivolous in its spending than the lower class. Many wealthy Americas have their own jets, vacation homes, and favorite exotic vacation destination.
The act of genocide is currently a the western region of the Sudan known as Darfur. In 2003, a rebel group launched a series of several successful attacks against the Sudanese government. The Sudanese government responded by launching a campaign in Darfur that targeted rebels and citizens in the area. Citizens are being killed along with the rebels without discrimination. How is it that the United States, in all its wealth, is not doing something to stop this genocide? Does the U.S. not have a responsibility as a world leader to prevent the continuation of this horrendous campaign? How should the vast resources of the U.S. be utilized to combat this genocide?
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Last year, our school raised awareness about the situation in Darfur and made t-shirts that said “Save Darfur” and proceeded to donate all the profits to help the people in this region. I wish there was a concrete reason to explain why the US has not gotten more involved with the region but I don’t have one, I would assume it’s because we’re concerned with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the “recession” that we are facing. If you check out the website Save Darfur you’ll see that the US hasn’t been completely ignorant of the situation and that legislation has been passed to help this region of Sudan: http://www.savedarfur.org/pages/passed_legislation
As a leading world power I do think the US has a responsibility to prevent the continuation of these happenings. I think that together with the UN more can be done to alleviate the pain that the people in this region are experiencing. Also, individual people can do more by raising awareness and donating money to the UN or organizations that are working directly with people from Darfur to help them.