Political Cartoon Response

This political cartoon represents the international response to the conflict in Darfur. The hand is representative of the the genocide that was going on at the time. This is an accurate representation of the event because it shows the brutality and magnitude of the situation in Darfur. The phone represents the international community or the U.N. This is also an accurate depiction of them because the people getting massacred in Darfur called to them for help and they were essentially “put on hold” until it was too late. The 911 dialed in the phone is also appropriate because it represents that this situation was an emergency that needed to be dealt with right away.

                I feel that this cartoon is a relatively simple, but accurate depiction of the situation in Darfur. The minority was getting massacred by the Janjaweed and they asked the international community to intervene. This political cartoon should be taken by the U.N. as a message of how the international community has perceived this event. It is clear that genocide took place and nothing was done to stop it. Hopefully in the future the U.N. will act more swiftly and decisively so perhaps we can avoid situations that warrant more political cartoons like this one.