Listen, I'm about to go off in this #Thread, and I'm talking to the men on here.
If y'all have ever interacted with me on this app, you know I try my best to educate, whenever I can, on a number of social issues (esp regarding women, lgbtq people, black people). And you know /1
I try my best to not be confrontational, even when the replies to my tweets amd threads are.
The reason I keep doing this is simple. I did not always hold the views I do today. There was a time in my life when I held mysoginistic views, when I said and did things that I later /2
.@LaureIyaga explaining what @SanaInitiative does: People think mental health is only for people who are broken & suffering, and that quickly takes away from humans needing to take care of their mental health the same way they do with their bodies
We start our Genocide Education with Gregory Stanton's 10 Stages of Genocide.
I'll be explaining what happens at each stage and sharing examples from the Genocide against t the Tutsi, and the Holocaust
But first, a few notes:
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Note 1: Genocide NEVER just happens. It is always the result of a long process of preparation, that takes years, if not dozens of years. That is why it is important to understand how it occurs, in order to prevent further occurences
It's a #Thread.
Some details are sensitive, but sharing them is necessary👇🏾
First of all, origins:
On April 28 2017. South African Sandile Mantsoe stabbed his girlfriend Karabo Mokoena, doused her in petrol, burned her, and buried her remains in a shallow grave. The body was discovered the next day, burnt beyond recognition. It couldn't be identified
