Hennesis CastilloEssay 2Genocide is the deliberate killing of all or part of a racial, ethnic, or religious group. Genocide is carried out through merciless acts of violence and oppression. Numerous acts of genocide have been documented throughout history. In this essay, I will focus on the Armenian Genocide, particularly how it was carried out and how the Ottoman Empire rationalized its actions. Racial preservation and purity were important factors that ultimately led to the Armenian Genocide. The concept of "race" is a classification system used to classify humans into large groups based on their cultural, ethnic, genetic, geographic, linguistic, and/or religious affiliation. It was believed that only people of the same race constituted what we consider a nation. However, there is a visual difference between the two. In “A Century of Genocide” by Eric D. Weitz, he describes the differences between race and nation using examples throughout history. “Race and nation, far from being timeless concepts, represent modern ways of understanding and organizing human difference. » (Weitz, page 17) The difference between race and nation is very permeable; so it is very easy to confuse the two. At the time of the Armenian genocide, we shared the thoughts of Arthur De Gobineu, who considered that the mixing of races was bad for society. “Laws against intermarriage helped define racial boundaries and give meaning to the term “race” itself. » (Weitz, page 25) The Ottoman Empire, led by the Young Turks, a Turkish nationalist reform party, supported the reform of the absolute monarchy of the Ottoman Empire. This sentiment of reform meant the purification of the Turkish nationality...... middle of paper ... their sufferings were less known...". (Balakin, page 372) Attempts were made to minimize the number of deaths Armenians and Turkish government corruption in the form of large sums of money was also a tactic used to get people to support the Turkish side whose Armenian genocide was carried out made it easy for the Ottoman Empire to rationalize its actions. Since an act of genocide is very calculated, only a government has the resources to carry it out. In the case of the Armenian Genocide, the powerful army of the Ottoman Empire facilitated the killings that took place. of the Ottoman Empire were rationalized as being the preservation and purification of Turkish nationalism The majority of Armenian diaspora communities emerged from the Armenian Genocide Denial of the Armenian Genocide is still relevant to this day...