Made In India

St. louis international film festival 2010 critical viewing- made in india

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Questions for the Stolen Generation Project

1.    Who is involved in the kidnapping?
2.    What where the other countries involvement?
3.    What was the role of the church in Australia?
4.    Did the kids want to learn about the white culture?
5.    Why where they doing this?
6.    Where they given equal treatment from the white kids?
7.    Where they taking the children because of law, or was it against the law?
8.    How does this incident reflect the separation between cultures?
9.    Is there a better or worse culture?
10.    How does this differ from the education in the U.S.?  There are still equal requirements of every child?  We don’t get to pick what kind of educaion to receive till college.  Also you have to pay extra for a different kind of education, but it is still available.
11.    What is everyone had the same education already?
12.    What was the role of the government in Australia?

http://reconciliaction.org.au/nsw/education-kit/stolen-generations/
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Articles to use in paper

Article 9.

•    No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 12.

    * No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 26.

    * (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
    * (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
    * (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

International Human Rights

1.   I am interested in researching the "stolen generation" in Australia.  This topic has interested me since I saw the movie Australia and I could not believe that the government was kidnapping the children and training them to become part of the white people.  I am insterested in furthuring my knowledge on the rights that where violated and what was occuring at the time.
2.  http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998067,00.html
http://www.culturewars.org.uk/2002-12/stolengeneration.htm
3.  Exactly what rights were violate here?  Why was this not stopped?

Human Rights Reading #1

What is the challenge with defining universal human rights?

I think the challenge of this is that there is always an exception to every right.  It is hard to define when and where there would need to be that kind of exception. There are so many rights that sound good in theory and then can blow up in your face.  One problem with universal rights is that it allows other countries to come in to a different country and try to change it because they do not agree with their economic or political system.  Other countries are begining to think they have the rigth to change countries because they do not have the system that they believe everyone should have, when honestly it is none of their business.  If the people are happy, no one is trying to revolt, and no one is asking for help then it is wrong to intervine.

Why is this a human right?

If they want to intervine, no one can stopthem because it is their right to do so.  Sometimes forcing rights onto someone is also taking away rights.

Current Day Congo

I have been reading about the struggle that the people are faceing because of the rebellions against the governemnt.  I watched a video that talked about the rape and violence that is occuring there.  Even in their houses they are not safe becuase soldiers still come in and rape them.  They do their jobs and try to protect their children, but they can nenver escape the rape and violence.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7740948.stm

This article talks about how soldiers in the Kanasha verse Rwanda, and how the UN soldiers, who are supposed to be helping in the Congo, are supplying the side they are supposed ot be fighting.  They rape and kill the civillians they are supposed to be fighting for.  These soldiers are supposed to be keeping peace, but they are torturing civilians.  They changed the name to DR Congo from the UN Organisation mission because the governemtn was trying to push out the UN organisation.  They are supposed to be protecting them, but I believe they are truly trying to keep this conlifct going so that they can keep their men in the Congo.  They want to UN peacemakers out by the end of 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11108589

Why are UN groups there?
I understand there is aftermath they are helping with, but I am confused about the war before


Why did the War begin?

small group discussion

1.  Every time we discussed a question we were always brought back to the same idea that the Europeans did not want to speak about the horrors or stand up against them because of the large benefits they were reacing.

2.  I think that it was kind of unpreductive.  We had good ideas, but I feel like it was mainly Christina, Abby, Adam, Brie, and I discussing ideas.  We finished quick because there was five of us and no one else put their opinion in so it was aquewerid.  I think a leader would have helped this because they would have forced the others to pay attention.  Also the questions always lead us back to the same spot, so either the chapter did not have enough information, or all the questins we came up with were too simular.