English Exam Study Guide
1. The culture of hate enabled Hutu murderers to think of themselves as victims because “the person whose throat you do not cut will be the one who cuts yours.” Where do you think ideas like that come from? Have there been or are there currently situations similar to the “culture of hate” today? What would you suggest as a possible cure?
2. Rusesabagina describes how he would listen to absurdly racist radio debates. Though he loathed the opinions expressed, he found the shows fascinating. Why do you think people are drawn to media sources that they disapprove of? Is there a difference between our Constitutional freedom of expression and offensive &/or inflammatory speech? Do you think that there should be limits on expression in the media? Do you think that there already is censorship?
3. How does Rusesabagina use the “Rwandan No” as a way to critique first his own culture and then the international community? What effect do Rusesabagina’s accounts of the actions of the United Nations and the United States have on your impression of either? What, if anything, do you think that the international community should do in situations similar to Rwanda?
Some who denounced him accused him of being a rebel spy – said about Victor Paul is Hutu
Wife is Tutsi Tutsi are taller and more elegant. Belgians created the division between Hutu and Tutsi. They picked people, with thinner noses, lighter skin. Belgians used the Tutsi’s to run the country. And then when they left, they left the power over to the Hutu. Hutu then took revenge on Tutsi’s for years of oppression Pual’s neighbor run to him because he is the only Hutu they can trust President gets murdered by the Tutsi. They tricked him into signing their phony peace agreement. Shot his plane from the sky Paul is secretly a Tutsi Hutu are targeting Tutsi children to wipe out the next generation Hutu army comes and are ordering everyone out of the hotel 100 staff 800 guests made up of
2. Rusesabagina describes how he would listen to absurdly racist radio debates. Though he loathed the opinions expressed, he found the shows fascinating. Why do you think people are drawn to media sources that they disapprove of? Is there a difference between our Constitutional freedom of expression and offensive &/or inflammatory speech? Do you think that there should be limits on expression in the media? Do you think that there already is censorship?
3. How does Rusesabagina use the “Rwandan No” as a way to critique first his own culture and then the international community? What effect do Rusesabagina’s accounts of the actions of the United Nations and the United States have on your impression of either? What, if anything, do you think that the international community should do in situations similar to Rwanda?
Some who denounced him accused him of being a rebel spy – said about Victor Paul is Hutu
Wife is Tutsi Tutsi are taller and more elegant. Belgians created the division between Hutu and Tutsi. They picked people, with thinner noses, lighter skin. Belgians used the Tutsi’s to run the country. And then when they left, they left the power over to the Hutu. Hutu then took revenge on Tutsi’s for years of oppression Pual’s neighbor run to him because he is the only Hutu they can trust President gets murdered by the Tutsi. They tricked him into signing their phony peace agreement. Shot his plane from the sky Paul is secretly a Tutsi Hutu are targeting Tutsi children to wipe out the next generation Hutu army comes and are ordering everyone out of the hotel 100 staff 800 guests made up of