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“The Eight Stages of Genocide ” Gregory H. Stanton, President, Genocide Watch

Stanton, Eight Stages of Genocide. How does genocide occur?. “The Eight Stages of Genocide ” Gregory H. Stanton, President, Genocide Watch. Stanton, Eight Stages of Genocide. How does genocide occur?. 1 . CLASSIFICATION :

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“The Eight Stages of Genocide ” Gregory H. Stanton, President, Genocide Watch

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  1. Stanton,Eight Stages of Genocide How doesgenocide occur? “The Eight Stages of Genocide” Gregory H. Stanton, President, Genocide Watch

  2. Stanton,Eight Stages of Genocide How doesgenocide occur? 1. CLASSIFICATION: Distinction by ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality into “us and them” Bipolar societies that lack mixed categories are the most likely to have genocide

  3. Stanton,Eight Stages of Genocide How doesgenocide occur? 2. SYMBOLIZATION: • Applying names or other symbols to classifications. • Stages 1 and 2 are universal human behavior and do not result in genocide unless they lead to dehumanization.

  4. Stanton,Eight Stages of Genocide How doesgenocide occur? 3. DEHUMANIZATION: • Perpetrator group denies victim group’s humanity through hate propaganda. • Victim members are equated with animals, vermin, insects or diseases to overcome perpetrator’s normal revulsion against murder.

  5. Stanton,Eight Stages of Genocide How doesgenocide occur? 4. ORGANIZATION: • Perpetrator groups organize and plan for genocidal killings • Can be state-led special army units, affiliated militias, informal mobs, or decentralized terrorist groups

  6. Stanton,Eight Stages of Genocide How doesgenocide occur? 5. POLARIZATION: • Extremists widen social divides through hate propaganda, socially-restrictive laws, and/or intimidation or murder of moderates.

  7. Stanton,Eight Stages of Genocide How doesgenocide occur? 6. PREPARATION: Victims are identified and targeted. • Victim groups members are forced to wear identifying symbols • Property expropriated • Physical confinement into ghettos, concentration camps, or famine-struck regions • Death lists established

  8. Stanton,Eight Stages of Genocide How doesgenocide occur? 7. EXTERMINATION • Mass killing is “extermination” because the killers do not believe their victims to be fully human.

  9. Stanton,Eight Stages of Genocide How doesgenocide occur? 8. DENIAL • Perpetrators deny crimes, destroy evidence, intimidate witnesses, blame victims, block investigations, and continue to govern until forced from power.

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