Collateral Damage Video Questions
Answer the following Questions:
- What was the impact of the Atomic detonations around the Marshall Islands between 1946-1958?
- Dr. Palafox talks about cultural loss and displacement as factors that ARE MORE DAMAGING to Marshall Islanders than the radiation. How does this make sense?
- How did the presence of R. R. Ballistic Missile Base affect the lives of the people in the Marshall Islands and neighboring islands?
- How do Marshallese people suffer the health effects of developing and industrialized world?
- Why do Marshallese people move to Springdale, Kansas? How difficult is it for them to adjust? Explain your answer.
Choose one and answer in a paragraph format:
- How did the imbalance of power between the US and the Marshall Islands create unfair living conditions for Marshallese people? What is the US’s responsibility?
- How have the globalization and the US Military power affected the economy, culture and diet of Marshallese people? What is the world’s community responsibility towards these people?