The "G" word — genocide.
It's been swirling around in the news lately with President Joe Biden officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide as a genocide, over 100 years later.
Last year, I received a minor degree in Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies, and my interest in the study has not diminished one bit.
Since the establishment of the word "genocide" post-World War II, one of the most widely overlooked genocides in the history of man is the Native American genocide, which arguably still continues today.
Genocide is not just mass killings or segregation. According to the United Nations Genocide Convention, it also includes a mental element: "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such."