Abstract
Mahmood Mamdani is right to complain that the American—and international—public is unaware of the political complexity of the Darfur conflict. He is also right to point out that selective or inconsistent uses of the terms “genocide,” “civil war,” and “insurgency” can mask covert, or even overt, political agendas. His comparison of Darfur to Iraq is telling. And he is right to point out that even with the best of humanitarian intentions, the presentation of a simplified version of Darfur, in which “Arabs” persecute “Africans,” can play into the “war on terror,” insofar as, in the minds of at least some of the Western public, “terrorist=Muslim=Arab.”
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Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda
(2007)
"Politics of Naming and Politics of Responsibility,"
Human Rights & Human Welfare: Vol. 7:
Iss.
4, Article 2.
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https://digitalcommons.du.edu/hrhw/vol7/iss4/2
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