If she wanted to, Samantha Power could make genocide prevention a priority for the Biden administration.
While in Darfur, she never mentioned China's role in funding the genocide there.
Her priorities seem to have changed since she won the Pulitzer Prize for A Problem from Hell, her 2002 book about America's history of failing to intervene to stop genocide.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide has been binding international law since the 1950s and requires the international community to intervene to stop genocide.
When bureaucrats like Power refuse to "Scream," it makes it easier for them to profit from the genocide.
In 2020, before working for the Biden administration, Power gave a speech explaining how China undermines human rights wherever it has influence, particularly at the UN. For example, in order to protect its oil interests in Sudan, China threatened to veto any Security Council resolutions critical of the Sudanese government during the genocide in Darfur.
As China's power grows, so does the threat to human rights everywhere.
Power should be "Screaming" about human rights and the genocide in China.
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