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Question: What does "ethnic cleansing" mean!?
why i hear it all the time!? i don't really get what it is!.
can you also tell me some famous "ethnic cleansing" facts!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Ethnic Cleansing is killing or cleansing the land of people based on race, religion etc!.
This is also called genocides!.
Infamous examples include but are not restricted to the Holocaust, Pol Pot, and the Rwandan Genocides!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

ethnic cleansing -

The systematic elimination of an ethnic group or groups from a region or society, as by deportation, forced emigration, or genocide!.

ethnic cleansing -

the practice, by the dominant ethnic group in an area, of removing other ethnic groups by expulsion or exterminationWww@QuestionHome@Com

It started as a euphemism for forcing people off their land and out of their homes through a campaign of violence and intimidation, it ended up as a euphemism for genocide!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

killing a whole group of people because of their ethnicity (race, religion)!. trying to "cleanse" the population by ridding the particular groupWww@QuestionHome@Com

I saw your question and for a moment thought your avatar was wearing a KKK uniform!. The people who were historically "ethnic cleansing" activists in the US!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Holocaust!? Www@QuestionHome@Com