| At this very moment, millions of Americans are just | | | | Court has filed genocide charges against Sudanese |
| starting their work day, drinking lattes, reading | | | | President Omar al-Bashir, accusing him of |
| newspapers, wearing trendy t shirts, eating | | | | masterminding attempts to wipe out African tribes in |
| breakfast, littering, and generally being completely | | | | Darfur. Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked the |
| oblivious to anything outside of a ten foot radius. Spin | | | | court to issue an arrest warrant for al-Bashir." |
| the metaphorical globe and watch it stop on Africa | | | | (Cnn.com) |
| and we find it drastically different than our peaceful, | | | | This is an exciting turn of events because it's finally |
| unchanging lives. Over there, specifically in places such | | | | holding a leader accountable for their horrid actions |
| as Sudan and Darfur, life is tumultuous, dangerous, | | | | towards a group of people in Africa. But to there |
| violent, and in plain terms - life is hell. | | | | needs to be a large base of internal and external |
| During the Darfur genocide America and the west | | | | support for a subpoena of this magnitude to be |
| turned a blind eye citing it merely as "tribal warfare"; | | | | issued. Now what's the best way to show support |
| a huge misconception on the part of the west largely | | | | for anything? Cheap T Shirts. They don't cost more |
| because the main groups in conflict (The Hutu and | | | | than a few dollars; can be produced by the |
| Tootsie) are from the same tribe; the terms merely | | | | thousands with single color screen printing. Imagine |
| describe class profession differences (herders and | | | | now; single color t shirts with the face of Omar |
| farmers) and both could interchange their jobs at any | | | | al-Bashir around the world; not only would this be a |
| time. The distinct between the two groups were | | | | sign of support, it would also provide needed clothing |
| solidified by the Belgium monarch at the time that | | | | to an area of the world where supplies from other |
| used and abused the native people and forced | | | | countries are needed for survival. Now it's just a |
| resentment between the two groups. This | | | | matter of convincing clothing companies to take |
| resentment flowing deep and inevitable spawning | | | | some of their multi-million dollar profits and do |
| what we commonly refer to as the Darfur Crisis. | | | | something good with it. But that's harder said than |
| Years later, there's a thin ray of hope. In the | | | | done. So before you go buy that new eighty dollar |
| newspapers headlines today I saw that apparently | | | | polo t shirt from one of your favorite trendy, brand |
| the International Criminal Court: | | | | name stores, consider the full effects of your actions |
| "The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal | | | | and where your money could be going. |