The Eight Stages of Genocide

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Question 1

Who first outlined the Eight Stages of Genocide?

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Dr. Greg Stanton

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What are the first six stages of genocide?

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Classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, and preparation Signup and view all the answers

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What is the last stage of genocide? Signup and view all the answers

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Extermination and denial Signup and view all the answers

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What is the primary method of dividing society and creating a power struggle between groups? Signup and view all the answers

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Classification Signup and view all the answers

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What is the process of distinguishing groups by names, languages, dress, and symbols called? Signup and view all the answers

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Symbolization Signup and view all the answers

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What is the stage of genocide that involves extremists driving groups apart and passing laws to forbid intermarriage or social interaction? Signup and view all the answers

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Polarization Signup and view all the answers

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What is the stage of genocide that involves members of victim groups being forced to wear identifying symbols and victims being separated due to their ethnic or religious identity? Signup and view all the answers

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Preparation Signup and view all the answers

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What is the stage of genocide when mass killing becomes legally called 'genocide'? Signup and view all the answers

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Extermination Signup and view all the answers

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What are some ways to prevent genocide? Signup and view all the answers

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Early warning, rapid response, courts for accountability, building an international mass movement to end genocide, organizing civil society and human rights groups, mobilizing religious leaders, putting genocide education in curricula worldwide, and holding political leaders accountable. Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

The Eight Stages of Genocide and Preventing Genocide

Understanding the genocidal process is crucial in preventing future genocides.
The Eight Stages of Genocide were first outlined by Dr. Greg Stanton in 1996.
The first six stages are early warnings: classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, and preparation.
The last two stages are extermination and denial.
Classification is a primary method of dividing society and creating a power struggle between groups.
Symbolization involves distinguishing groups by names, languages, dress, and symbols.
Dehumanization denies the humanity of a group and overcomes the normal human revulsion against murder.
Organization is a group crime, and the state usually organizes, arms, and financially supports the groups that conduct the genocidal massacres.
Polarization involves extremists driving groups apart and laws being passed to forbid intermarriage or social interaction.
Preparation includes members of victim groups being forced to wear identifying symbols, death lists being made, and victims being separated due to their ethnic or religious identity.
Extermination is when mass killing becomes legally called "genocide," and most genocide is committed by governments.
Denial is always found in genocide and extends the crime to future generations of the victims, and tactics of denial are predictable.

Preventing Genocide:

Genocide succeeds when state sovereignty blocks international responsibility to protect.
Prevention requires early warning, rapid response, and courts for accountability.
Lack of authoritative international institutions to predict and ready rapid response forces to stop genocide, as well as lack of political will to peacefully prevent it and forcefully intervene to stop it, contribute to the continuation of genocide.
Building an international mass movement to end genocide in this century, organizing civil society and human rights groups, mobilizing religious leaders, putting genocide education in curricula worldwide, and holding political leaders accountable are ways to prevent genocide.

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Test your knowledge on the Eight Stages of Genocide and learn about preventing genocide in this informative quiz. Explore the early warning signs of genocide, including classification, symbolization, and dehumanization, as well as the more extreme stages of extermination and denial. Discover the importance of early warning, rapid response, and accountability in preventing genocide and the need for international institutions and political will to end this crime against humanity. Take this quiz to learn more about the genocidal process and how we can