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TEN STAGES OF GENOCIDE 1 Classification: People are divided into “us and them.” 2 Symbolization: People are forced to identify themselves. 3 Discrimination: People begin to face systematic discrimination. 4 Dehumanization: People equated with animals, vermin, or diseases. 5 Organization: The government creates specific groups (police/military) to enforce the policies. 6 Polarization: The government broadcasts propaganda to turn the populace against the group. 7 PREPARATION: OFFICIAL ACTION TO REMOVE/RELOCATE PEOPLE. <---WE ARE HERE 8 Persecution: Beginning of murders, theft of property, trial massacres. 9 Extermination: Wholesale elimination of the group. It is “extermination” and not murder because the people are not considered human. 10 Denial: The government denies that it has committed any crime.