1. Oppression & Genocide By Curtis Wiens
“We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth.”
- Voltaire
(“Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination against marginalized social groups in Serbia,”)

2. What is Oppression? “Opprimere” = Latin for “pressed down”
Social inequality
Pervasive/ingrained
Often systemic/institutionalized
Can be applied to/by individuals
(Connor et al )

3. What is Genocide?
“Genocide” = “Geno” (‘race’ in Greek) + “Cide” (‘killing’ in Latin)
Act of intent to exterminate
Various groups can be targeted
National
Ethnic
Racial
Religious
Etc.
(Connor et al )

4. UN Definition of Genocide
The following is the legal definition of genocide by the standards of the United Nations. It is in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948).
“…any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, as such:
Killing members of the group
Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part
Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group
(“OSAPG Analysis Framework”)

5. Question/Discuss
What are some of the large scale examples of oppression or genocide that are historically significant?

6. Question/Discuss
What oppression (or genocide) have you experienced? It could have been relating to you or someone you saw.

7. What causes oppression?

8. Dominoes…
Stereotypes: False or generalized ideas of a group of people.
Ex) Video gamers don’t read.
Prejudice: The idea that someone different (or a certain demographic) is inferior. Lacks evidence.
Ex) Video gamers are dumb because they don’t read.
Discrimination: An oppressive action due to prejudice.
Ex) I don’t talk to video gamers because I’m smart and want to have sophisticated conversations.
(Connor et al )
(“26. Nothing Happens Suddenly”)

9. Stereotype Prejudice Discrimination
Reflect
Stereotype Prejudice Discrimination

10. Sources
Works Cited Connor, Linda, et al. Grade 12 global issues: citizenship and sustainability. BG-8. Government of Manitoba, OSAPG Analysis Framework. Office of the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG). ysis_framework.pdf. Accessed May 12, Pictures 26. Nothing Happens Suddenly. happens-suddenly/. Accessed May 12, 2018 Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination against marginalized social groups in Serbia. prejudice-and-discrimination-against-marginalized-social-groups- in-serbia/. Accessed May 12, 2018.