>[!abstract] >An academic tool and a policy model which was created by Gregory Stanton, former research professor and founding president of Genocide Watch, in order to explain how genocides occur. The stages of genocide are not linear, and as a result, several of them may occur simultaneously. ("Ten stages of genocide", 2025). The stages are: 1. Classification (us vs them). 2. Symbolization (forcing symbols upon pariah groups). 3. Discrimination (exclusion laws or culture, e.g., segregation, apartheid, etc.). 4. Dehumanization (animals, vermin, etc.). 5. Organization (militias). 6. Polarization (attempts to stir extremism, arrests and murders of leaders, etc.). 7. Preparation (e.g., planning mass killings). 8. Persecution (e.g., ghettos, concentration camps). 9. Extermination. 10. Denial (of committing any crime). ## References - Ten stages of genocide. (2025, January 4). In *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ten_stages_of_genocide&oldid=1262601724