To wonder why there isn’t more uproar about Sudan?

[AngeloMysterioso]

Sudan- where the actual worst humanitarian crisis in the world is happening right now. War, starvation, displacement of millions of people, suffering on a scale like nowhere else in the world. And yet it’s being virtually ignored. There have been maybe half a dozen threads about Sudan on mumsnet in the last year or so, compared with dozens discussing Israel/Gaza. On social media, for every one post I see mentioning Sudan, I have probably seen 20 or more about Gaza. Save The Children, for example, has posted seventeen times about Gaza in the past month and only once about Sudan.

Why? Why is Sudan being ignored while such a glaring light is being shone on Gaza? Is it because there are no Jewish people to blame for the Sudanese conflict? Or because the people suffering are black?

It’s a valid and important question. The crisis in Sudan is severe, but it hasn’t received the same attention. A mix of factors might be at play, media focus, political narratives, public familiarity, and sadly, racial bias. It doesn’t make sense that so much suffering is going unnoticed. More awareness and pressure are definitely needed.

I think this is partially true however I also think when there is something as ongoing as the situation in Sudan it slightly shifts the focus. For example I heard about and supported initiatives around the Kakuma refugee camp - which isn't in Sudan but was established for and continues to house Sudanese refugees - initially through Filia. The practical things you can do to support people there are a bit different from the things you can do to support Palestine given visible and continued UK involvement.

There are peaks and troughs in awareness and Palestine was also in more of a trough for a long time.

No need to get snippy just because you don't actually give a shite about Sudan.

We have capacity for one conflict at a time. Ukraine has been done and dusted, now moved to Gaza. We pick a new one next year.

Demonstrably untrue but thanks for piping up I guess

It's because it's not the crisis of the moment. You have singled out Sudan but there's a quiet genocide going on in China and the world still championed the Olympics there.

There's so much going on in the world, not everything can be in the limelight all at once. Pick your atrocity, not everyone will be as interested in the same things.

I have written to my MP appealing for sanctions to be placed on those countries to pressure them to stop.

It's complicated though isn't it. What do you mean by sanctions? Gulf states have their own organisations and and different bits they're signed up to (or not!) and they're really really rich including with totally bent money from eg Russia. No point tilting at windmills.

It’s great that you’re writing to your MP. Probably your MP knew nothing about it before, and now it will be their top priority,

Before I clicked on this I knew you would mention Gaza. Why?
Are you saying Gazans are less deserving because there is suffering else where?

This post is just a way of claiming that people outraged over Gaza are anti semitic.
The killing of children is ALWAYS indefensible and unjustifiable

Better than doing nothing

Not in the slightest. Most people seem to think it’s the other way around

Yes, so much better.

It’s been said: if it doesn’t allow for Jew bashing it’s not worth the time of the professional protestors.

But it’s not just the relative absence of concern about Sudan or Yemen or Myanmar or lots of other places. It’s the scale and persistence of anti-Israel campaigning, that country being the sole Jewish state and homeland, that gives away the true motives of the protestors.

The British also ran Palestine.

Beyond that I am pretty disgusted by the fact that some people here seem to think that atrocities and inhumanity has some form of ranking, so some are "actual" crises and others don't matter. Inhumanity doesn't have a badge, it doesn't have a nationality, and there is no scorecard.

And I read some pretty awful things on this site. God knows why I am still here. But "Where are the bleeding hearts for the children dying of starvation?" is one of the most disgusting things I have ever read. Children dying of starvation - wherever they live and regardless of the reasons why should not be political footballs for point scoring; and people who care about children dying are not "bleeding hearts".

Make it about raising awareness of inhumanity elsewhere than Gaza, yes. Make it about deflecting from inhumanity that is happening in Gaza - that is disgusting behaviour. No human should be able to stand by and see any child suffer and die because of the actions of other humans, and I do not give a fuck what the nationality of people causing that to happen is. This thread is a thinly disguised celebration of some children dying when it can be stopped. Disgusting.

No Jews? No news!

Should we be in uproar about every bloody country . Let them sort themselves it’s not our business .

You got that right. Have always been and still are.

That's hilarious. Of course it's Britain's business, educate yourself historically.

I wish the British had that mentality throughout history and stayed the fuck out of 'every' country.

Absolutely this! Gaza is being weaponised by Hamas and their supporters. Hamas could de-escalate the situation today and return the hostages but they hate Jews more than they care about their own people. The surrounding Muslim countries could also help but they seem unwilling to do so. They know that Palestinian "refugees" would be trouble.

Yes.. because all of the protesters are anti Jewish 🙄

I think it's because, unlike the situation with Israel/Gaza, there isn't really a political narrative to hang off of it.

So in a way, people are responding to it as a thing in itself.

And what it is, in itself, is an example of the worst kinds of human impulses, and their consequences, and no one really knows how to stop it or what to do about it that will be effective and not cause other problems.

It's just sad and horrible, and none of us can affect it.

With Israel/Gaza, people are using it to push their own political issues. Or show their tribal creds. That they have the correct opinions.

There are also, arguably, more real stakes for the West if there are problems in the Middle East. So that may also be a factor.

Because of the support that the West in general provides for Israel. Because Britain has responsibility for the creation of the mess in Gaza. It's not rocket science.

I think it's more likely to be that the public can only deal with one humanitarian disaster at a time, and Gaza has more political involvement from the Americans and therefore more coverage.

I welcome suggestions for other ways you can think of that I may be able to make a difference, however small