What Are Blood Diamonds?

Question

I listened to Diamonds Are Forever from Kanye West-even saw the video-Im still confused. Can someone help me out?

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Answer 1

Blood diamonds are diamonds that are used to fund wars.

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It's true, look it up!

Answer 2

Blood diamonds are diamonds that are sold to profit a war. For example, say a group of people revolting against the government in a country sell diamonds from their mines to raise money to buy guns to kill people in their revolution. Though their cause may be just, the diamonds have nontheless been sold improperly and have been sold to raise money used in killing people. That's how they get to be called Blood Diamonds. There are diamonds for sale that have exchanged hands in this manner, but there are many more out there that have a valid history and come with a number that corresponds only to that diamond so you can make sure that your diamond did not sponsor anyone's death.

Answer 3

A blood diamond (also called a conflict diamond or a war diamond) is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold, usually clandestinely, in order to finance an insurgent or invading army's war efforts.

Answer 4

Blood diamonds are diamonds which are being used to fund various rebel and terrorist groups in Africa.

The idea is simple. In southern africa there are diamond mines. If the people running those diamond mines are evil, and are killing people, then the act of buying those diamonds and funding their evil is an evil act too.

So the diamonds are "paid for in blood."

a more rational name would be "Conflict diamonds."

See
http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_diamond

Answer 5

Most people are unaware of the role diamonds play in bringing real benefits to people in the countries around the world where diamonds are sourced. Nowhere is this more evident than in Africa. It is also in Africa that this same resource has been used to fund conflict. In 2000, a coalition of governments, non-governmental organizations and the diamond industry worked together to address this issue. In 2002, they established the Kimberley Process Certification System, a UN-backed process that has virtually eliminated the trade in conflict diamonds. Today, over 99% of the world's supply of diamonds is from sources free of conflict. Diamondfacts.org is dedicated to presenting the facts about conflict diamonds, along with how diamonds are driving economic growth and prosperity in countries around the world.

Fact #1: An estimated 5 million people have access to appropriate healthcare globally thanks to revenues from diamonds. (read more)

Fact #5: Diamond revenues enable every child in Botswana to receive free education up to the age of 13. (read more)

Fact #3: An estimated 10 million people globally are directly or indirectly supported by the diamond industry. (read more)

Fact #14: The charity Jewelers for Children funds a community based care program for orphaned children in South Africa. (read more)

Fact #4: The diamond mining industry generates over 40% of Namibia's annual export earnings. (read more)

Fact #11: The Diamond Development Initiative was established to improve the working conditions of artisanal miners. (read more)

Fact #8: Approximately one million people are employed by the diamond industry in India. (read more)

Fact #9: Approximately $8.4 billion worth of diamonds a year come from African countries. (read more)

Fact #12: The revenue from diamonds is instrumental in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic. (read more)

Fact #15: An estimated 65% of the world's diamonds come from African countries. (read more)

Answer 6

In africa they have diamond mines that are the jobs for the residence surrounding them, if the workers dont produce any diamonds or are suspected of stealing any diamonds from the mind are killed

Answer 7

It's a term use to discribe the blood shed people go through for those diamonds. Diamonds are gatherd by...... I hate to use the word but by slaves...... So many people are hurt or killed over those diamonds.... so much blood is shed..... Blood diamond

Answer 8

I think (not positive) it's supposed to be a diamond in general because so much blood is shed just to get sometime even have it.

Answer 9

diamonds in which are form africa. there are waras fought over them and bloodshed thus the name blood diamonds.

Answer 10

Diamonds that are illegal and people are dying for them.