The Day After
Many of us are closing a week and a month of activities that allow us to reflect upon our history as Armenians. Every year since I can remember the protocol is eerily the same. The signs, marches, shouts, debates that carry one message – to recognize a truth. A truth we all know, yet some choose to not recognize because of the economics of money and power in this world.
How many more it is going to take before the truth is finally spoken by everyone. I was once one of the kids in the uniforms at the Hooshartsan laying flowers and saying prayers. I didn't know then that I would be doing the same thing 20 years later. Is it possible that my kids will go to the same venues that I have to fight the same fight?
I just don’t know what to think anymore when I see a story about the Armenian Genocide in the OPINION section of the Los Angeles Times and then learn about the events that have unfolded at the paper with a managing editor from Istanbul. This is one of our most powerful news outlets.
“When they own the information, what you get is what you got”. John Mayer lyrics. Take from it what you will.
In this political climate, in this age of information and awareness, how can there still be Genocide going on, how can the truth be allowed to be overpowered by other people’s agenda’s, and how can propaganda be allowed to prevail. This isn’t the attitude of the masses, their voices just aren’t being heard by the few who control what will happen and won’t happen in this world.
So, this time I wondered, if George W. Bush had used the word Genocide in his yearly statement yesterday and if the United States officially recognized the Armenian Genocide, how would it have made my life as an Armenian different today?
How many more it is going to take before the truth is finally spoken by everyone. I was once one of the kids in the uniforms at the Hooshartsan laying flowers and saying prayers. I didn't know then that I would be doing the same thing 20 years later. Is it possible that my kids will go to the same venues that I have to fight the same fight?
I just don’t know what to think anymore when I see a story about the Armenian Genocide in the OPINION section of the Los Angeles Times and then learn about the events that have unfolded at the paper with a managing editor from Istanbul. This is one of our most powerful news outlets.
“When they own the information, what you get is what you got”. John Mayer lyrics. Take from it what you will.
In this political climate, in this age of information and awareness, how can there still be Genocide going on, how can the truth be allowed to be overpowered by other people’s agenda’s, and how can propaganda be allowed to prevail. This isn’t the attitude of the masses, their voices just aren’t being heard by the few who control what will happen and won’t happen in this world.
So, this time I wondered, if George W. Bush had used the word Genocide in his yearly statement yesterday and if the United States officially recognized the Armenian Genocide, how would it have made my life as an Armenian different today?
Labels: April 24th, Armenian Genocide, John Mayer, Los Angeles Times
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