Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when the Rwandan Civil War forced her and her sister to flee their home in Kigali, leaving their parents and everything they knew behind. In this deeply personal talk, she tells the story of how she became a refugee, living in camps in seven countries over the next six years — and how she's tried to make sense of what came after.
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War has changed
“War. War never changes.” -Fallout 4
Fly across ten countries to get to the one that has the most satisfying benefits system.
Dack Hacksaw – I have noticed that of those countries you mentioned, some of them have widely accepted feminism while others have not. There is a strong correlation I have noticed.
Eli Nope – yes that is a good point. I know the destructive force of third wave feminism and how it is eroding western countries, alongside SJW neo-Marxism.
Dack Hacksaw
First of all, I am not forgetting anything. I do know that there are a lot of migrants, but this is not about migrants.
Secondly, I did say the whole world, did I not?
And lastly, feminism is not the problem this world has. The problem is people not caring, and feminism might be a part of that, but what you mean is just a symptom of lacking morals.
Gesine Schnarr
IMHO the problem is western imperialism.
The Middle East has been destabilized by 70 years of covert and
overt aggressions.
It amazes me how so many are defending this, as if the US is bringing
peace to the world instead of bombs.
Mike C
You are right. But blaming problems on past events only doesn’t make solving them any easier, so finding solutions for recent problems could be a start.
After WW2, the West promised that a callous event like the Holocaust. Would never happen again…. And look at what is happying in Myanmar.
to be fair though what is happening in myanmar is on a significantly smaller scale.
They probably promised that between each other though… it would make no sense to promise that of the whole world because the west doesn’t have control over it entirely.
I don’t remember ever hearing or reading that such a promise was made. “Never again.” was not and is not a promise made to the rest of the world. It’s a declaration that the survivors of the Holocost, their families and friends made for themselves.
Very meaningful talk
“Words Matter” Very true. I think people tend to oversimplify other’s feelings at times when they respond with “Sticks and stones may break my bones, But words do not hurt me.” That statement is false actually. They do. Oh and “Not letting the words hurt you”, another silly response, Is not as simple as the statement seems, Just like how avoiding flinching is possible, but difficult, especially when you don’t see it coming. (if my analogy to flinching is faulty Pease give me a better comparison instead of showing me a problem and not suggesting a solution)
MegaLokopo yes but it’s hard to ignore
It is only hard to ignore if you believe them. If you don’t believe them it is easy to ignore because at that point whether or not it is true, from your perspective they are lying.
MegaLokopo Like she already stated mate, it can be done but it’s not so easy. Consider you’re 8 years old and uneducated. I very much doubt that type of mental training can come intuitively for every person.
Before you learn that and then learn to apply it, you might have already been emotionally crushed and turned into a psycho. Try to see things from perspectives that are not your own. I’m not an emotionally crushed psycho, I’m just sayin’ 😉 lol
It doesn’t come intuitively yes, nothing but breathing does really, but everyone has parents and anyone can make an observation. All you have to do is stop trusting what people say by default. “not letting the words hurt you” is different than not believing what people say by default. not letting it hurt is hard to learn. But deciding not to believe people by default is easy. And those two things are very different ways to get to the same end goal.
Ben Saber
All we need is love.
McCartney and Lennon were correct.
With love we become balanced emotionally and without we become
hateful and unconscionable!
What she described and experienced did not begin in the first world war. The Armenian genocide preceded it.
Yet WW1planted the seeds from which WW11 sprang from. And that war planted seeds of hate and revenge that led to numerous conflicts that would come later such as Vietnam, Korean War and numerous other ones. In fact, some historians believe that even to this day, the world has not recovered from WW1.
Keith Bell
Most wars are bankers wars.
Some happen out of hate but I believe many are manipulated
Through the status quo.
Today it’s more visible but even before, most wars are fought over money
resources or both.
I didn’t understand.
momo
I know about hutsi genocide in Rovanda,but the relevance?
She’s was really emotional while giving us the speech..
Your speech touched me on so many levels. Be blessed
Watching it at 1.5 speed sounds better.
mhtinla hey not bad thanks
mhtinla 1.25 is best for me
Boring and ovedramatic
Mike C You are sick. Please seek help
@Lucius. Apparently, neither you nor a family member of yours has ever been in similar circumstances. All you know about genocide is what you saw on TV or in the movies.
YouTubex Have you heard about war in ex Yugoslavia? I think I know about genocide more than anyone.
You mean “stunning and brave”
Lucius X
So than you should know better, unless you are perpetuating and condoning genocide.
War and genocide are two different things. You can have one without the other. A war can be civil but genocide is always uncivil.
With 1.5x speed it sounds normal
King omg thank you. I thought I was the only one thinking she talks too slow
By my self the 1.25 is better, rest emotions but disappear the snail
You don’t have to see the other side as inhuman in order to kill them.