The Pygmy Genocide: The Secret Murder of the Little People
The 8 Stages of Genocide
Classification
Symbolization
Dehumanization
Organization
Polarization
Preparation
Extermination
Denial
When the Pygmies peoples were called the Pygmies instead of Africans
The Pygmy Peoples are classified and distinqueshed by their size. There is no real symbol for the pymies other than their distinct smallness
The Pygmies are considered as anamils rather than humans. They are also called Museum People by many and thought to not be real humans
The rebel groups and government started to organize the killing of the Pygmy people
New laws further isolate the Pygmies, such as all their rights taken away and the pygmies having to life in certain areas.
Militias planned and implemented a campaign called "Effacer Le Tableau" or "Erase the Board," in which they systematically exterminated local forest pygmies.
The pygmies are killed, raped, eaten, burned, and beaten to death.
This step has not yet occured because this genocide is still occuring today. The UN has pushed no real punishment for the militias that have attacked the Pygmies and therefore there is no need to deny it.