A defense using race as a weapon is a way to define a political agenda, he said. Williams pointed out that many ethnicities in Yugoslavia had lived together peaceably after World War II and before the present civil conflicts. We didn't do that.
Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of a particular race.
She also theorized how different cultures get caught up in ethnic wars. When an area is politically unstable, people feel vulnerable, she said. We define ourselves by others. John Torpey, assistant professor of sociology , discussed the plight of the Kosovar refugees. Like Professor Williams, Torpey noted that the U.S. Administration and NATO have not achieved their military expectations.