What were the 8 stages of Cambodian genocide?

Answer 1

Classification

Ethnically

• the targets were Vietnamese, Chinese, Muslims, and Buddhist monks
• People residing in urbanized areas and cities
• Upper class

Bans

• Religion
• Music
• Radio
• Foreign languages
• Wearing glasses
• Laughing
• Crying
• Expressions of affection

Symbolization

• Blue scarf for the people of the Eastern part of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia

Dehumanization

• The Khmer slogan: "To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss".
• It made no difference to the Khmer Rouge whether they were dead or alive
• Used various torture techniques for little to no reason

Organization

• Under command of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge
• Socialist program to reconstruct the way Cambodia was
• "agrarian socialist philosophy"

Polarization

• Cities were raided and people relocated to communal farms
• Most people were left to starve, dehydrate or work to death
• International organizations offered aid but the government refused assisstance

Identification

• The government attempted to suppress the communist and vietnamese prescence
• People were given a blue scarf to wear in the eastern part of Cambodia

Extermination

• The population was put to work as laborers in one federation of collective farms
• Anyone in opposition was killed
• Anyone refusing to leave their home, didn't go fast enough, or disobeyed were killed
• Professional citizens (doctors, lawyers, teachers, politicians, etc) were killed
• Army was killed
• All monks and approximately 8,000 christians were murdered

Denial

• The campaign to end genocide supports an international tribunal to try the Khmer Rouge
• Promotes U.S. signature and ratification of the treaty creating an international criminal court