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'KHLOE AND LAMAR' RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Armenian Weekly
March 13, 2012
'Armenian Genocide' 10th Most-Searched Term on Google after Show
Watched by 2.1 Million HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-The internet and social
media were abuzz about the Armenian Genocide on Sunday after millions
viewed the hit E! Network series "Khloe and Lamar," which featured
information about the Armenian Genocide from The Genocide Education
Project (GenEd) and images and footage of Armenian Youth Federation
anti-denial protests by alumni Armen Varadian and Justin Kaladjian.
Khloe and Lamar According to Google's published statistics, the term
'Armenian Genocide' was the 10th most-searched term on Sunday, March
11th, and continued at an impressive 16th most-searched term on for
most of Monday. Over 2.1 million were reported to have watched the
Armenian Genocide episode, which was rated in the top-5 most viewed
shows in the 18 to 49 age category for that day. Tweets by Khloe
and her sister, Kim Kardashian, earlier in the day about the topic
reached well over 13 million followers.
"Khloe and Lamar informed millions in America and worldwide about the
Armenian Genocide yesterday, and The Genocide Education Project was
glad to help," said GenEd Executive Director Raffi Momjian. "Sadly the
failure of the international community to either prevent or punish
the Armenian Genocide set a dangerous precedent, that paved the way
for the Holocaust and genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda and most recently
Darfur. The more the public learns about these atrocities and stands up
to their ongoing denial - the sooner we will see governments worldwide
taking real, decisive action to end forever the cycle of genocide."
The discussion of the Armenian Genocide focused on whether Khloe
Kardashian's husband, NBA Star Lamar Odom, would play basketball in
Turkey, a particularly sensitive point given the Kardashian family's
pride in their Armenian heritage, and Turkey's legacy as an unrepentant
perpetrator of genocide against the Armenian people. In the end,
Odom continued to play in the NBA, with the end of the NBA 'lockout'
on December 8, 2011.
E! Network producers reached out to The Genocide Education Project
(GenEd), after seeing film footage and photography from an educational
video that Varadian and GenEd Education Director Sara Cohan had
prepared as part of a human rights curriculum project funded by the
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. The documentary featured
photo's of AYF-organized anti-genocide protests in New York and
Washington DC taken by Kaladjian, as well as photography and video
taken by Varadian in Armenia.
Screen shot of Google search term rankings on March 11, 2012 "We
really appreciate the show's interest in learning more about the
efforts of young Armenians to raise public awareness of the Armenian
Genocide, and are very excited by the fact that this weekend millions
of people around the world - many for the first time - learned about
our work for a truthful and just resolution of this terrible crime,"
said Varadian and Kaladjian, in joint remarks.
"The AYF has been at the forefront of demanding justice for the
Armenian Genocide through protest and politics for over 50 years,"
said AYF Eastern U.S. Central Executive member Yervant Kachichian.
"Khloe and Lamar took that message viral this weekend, dealing a
powerful blow against genocide denial."
It should be noted that at the very beginning of the show, in what
sounded like a "disclaimer," the Armenian Genocide was characterized
as a huge "controversy" and was framed with a "Turks say, Armenians
say" approach-essentially reducing it to a disagreement over history
between Turks and Armenians. There was no mention that the Armenian
Genocide is accepted by historians worldwide as a historical fact.
From: Baghdasarian
Armenian Weekly
March 13, 2012
'Armenian Genocide' 10th Most-Searched Term on Google after Show
Watched by 2.1 Million HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-The internet and social
media were abuzz about the Armenian Genocide on Sunday after millions
viewed the hit E! Network series "Khloe and Lamar," which featured
information about the Armenian Genocide from The Genocide Education
Project (GenEd) and images and footage of Armenian Youth Federation
anti-denial protests by alumni Armen Varadian and Justin Kaladjian.
Khloe and Lamar According to Google's published statistics, the term
'Armenian Genocide' was the 10th most-searched term on Sunday, March
11th, and continued at an impressive 16th most-searched term on for
most of Monday. Over 2.1 million were reported to have watched the
Armenian Genocide episode, which was rated in the top-5 most viewed
shows in the 18 to 49 age category for that day. Tweets by Khloe
and her sister, Kim Kardashian, earlier in the day about the topic
reached well over 13 million followers.
"Khloe and Lamar informed millions in America and worldwide about the
Armenian Genocide yesterday, and The Genocide Education Project was
glad to help," said GenEd Executive Director Raffi Momjian. "Sadly the
failure of the international community to either prevent or punish
the Armenian Genocide set a dangerous precedent, that paved the way
for the Holocaust and genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda and most recently
Darfur. The more the public learns about these atrocities and stands up
to their ongoing denial - the sooner we will see governments worldwide
taking real, decisive action to end forever the cycle of genocide."
The discussion of the Armenian Genocide focused on whether Khloe
Kardashian's husband, NBA Star Lamar Odom, would play basketball in
Turkey, a particularly sensitive point given the Kardashian family's
pride in their Armenian heritage, and Turkey's legacy as an unrepentant
perpetrator of genocide against the Armenian people. In the end,
Odom continued to play in the NBA, with the end of the NBA 'lockout'
on December 8, 2011.
E! Network producers reached out to The Genocide Education Project
(GenEd), after seeing film footage and photography from an educational
video that Varadian and GenEd Education Director Sara Cohan had
prepared as part of a human rights curriculum project funded by the
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. The documentary featured
photo's of AYF-organized anti-genocide protests in New York and
Washington DC taken by Kaladjian, as well as photography and video
taken by Varadian in Armenia.
Screen shot of Google search term rankings on March 11, 2012 "We
really appreciate the show's interest in learning more about the
efforts of young Armenians to raise public awareness of the Armenian
Genocide, and are very excited by the fact that this weekend millions
of people around the world - many for the first time - learned about
our work for a truthful and just resolution of this terrible crime,"
said Varadian and Kaladjian, in joint remarks.
"The AYF has been at the forefront of demanding justice for the
Armenian Genocide through protest and politics for over 50 years,"
said AYF Eastern U.S. Central Executive member Yervant Kachichian.
"Khloe and Lamar took that message viral this weekend, dealing a
powerful blow against genocide denial."
It should be noted that at the very beginning of the show, in what
sounded like a "disclaimer," the Armenian Genocide was characterized
as a huge "controversy" and was framed with a "Turks say, Armenians
say" approach-essentially reducing it to a disagreement over history
between Turks and Armenians. There was no mention that the Armenian
Genocide is accepted by historians worldwide as a historical fact.
From: Baghdasarian