Americans' perceptions of Africa remain rooted in troubling stereotypes of helplessness and perpetual crisis. John Prendergast More Quotes by John Prendergast More Quotes From John Prendergast What we (U.S.) have done, is undertaken diplomacy through public assertions that tend to alienate everyone. John Prendergast assertion diplomacy done I see courage everywhere I go in Africa. John Prendergast Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times. John Prendergast abuse racism rights The creation of the world’s newest country was in fact a foreign policy success, it helped avoid a return to the North-South war within Sudan, a war that had taken two and a quarter million lives. John Prendergast latest-headlines I'm probably a little too impatient with ensuring that the networks and organizations I'm part of are doing the right thing, and pushing the right thing the right way. John Prendergast right doing doing-the-right-thing way The biggest road block to action on genocide and other human rights crimes is ignorance. Most people just don't know that such things are happening, and often, if they have a vague idea they are happening, there is a feeling that there is nothing that can be done to stop these crimes. John Prendergast road feeling ignorance people I see courage everywhere I go in Africa. Fearless human rights activists in Darfur. Women peace advocates in eastern Congo. Former child soldiers in Northern Uganda who now are helping other former child soldiers return to civilian life. John Prendergast women courage peace life All South Sudanese deserve consistent and unimpeded humanitarian assistance, regardless of if they live in areas held by rebel or government forces. John Prendergast live rebel government deserve Through my years of working on war and peace in Africa, I have learned that there are solutions to some of the greatest human rights challenges, and we all can be a part of those solutions. John Prendergast i-have-learned challenges war peace 'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference. John Prendergast make-a-difference difference action If you repress rather than unlock the potential of large groups of Americans, what's that going to do to our economy? It's going to contract, not expand. John Prendergast potential going you economy It turns out, all the studies show you invest a little time in another person's life, often a younger person, and all of us have that capacity to do it, just an hour a week, an hour every couple of weeks, and you can make a tremendous difference in a kid's life over their lifetime. John Prendergast person you time life Wars can be resolved. Human rights atrocities can be stopped. We just have to apply the right policies. John Prendergast right human just human-rights In human rights and peacemaking, it's really about having a solid concrete goal - the reduction of human suffering somewhere in the world - and then doing what is required to get that goal achieved. John Prendergast doing human-rights suffering world When I was 19 years old, I hitchhiked across the country to San Francisco. John Prendergast old san-francisco country years I spent a lot of time with President Mandela supporting his efforts in the peace process in Burundi. The thing that impressed me the most was his humility. John Prendergast me humility time peace Africans are on the front lines of humanitarian efforts, distributing life-saving aid in dangerous environments. Africans comprise the vast majority of peacekeepers in civil conflict on that continent. Africans for the most part lead peace negotiations for the wars being fought in Africa. John Prendergast africa conflict dangerous peace Most Americans may not realize that the news they consume is driven in part by the media mantra, 'if it bleeds, it leads.' John Prendergast realize news media may Africa is going through its own historical process of state formation just as Europe and America did. It is just happening much later than other continents because of the interruption of Africa's own historical development by the colonization of Africa by Europe. John Prendergast own development process america When there are no gas chambers, no barbed wire, and no concentration camps, many don't recognize the perpetration of new genocides and other targeted mass atrocity crimes because they may not look the same. John Prendergast same new look concentration
