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James Orbinski: We are responsible

By Fred • Jan 24th, 2008 • Category: Opinions, Reviews

Photo: Orbinski in Goma, DRC (c) 2007 Steve Simon
“The [Rwandan] genocide was a collective act. What made it possible, what made that final political crime possible was the absence, the erasure of seeing the other, of knowing, of feeling, of being with the other. And when that’s removed, then politics can become genocidal.”
“We are responsible [...]