Identity Cards In The Rwanggers

Thesis: Although the rwandans were the ones who did the terrible acts it was because of the belgians. The belgians created the identity cards that sparked the terrible genocide and made some people feel non human.

During the genocide identity cards were created and what they did was “ The cards said it all; they decided the fate of who would survive the 100 days of violence and who would not.” (Nardone). But the real reasons these identity cards were important was because they had “Racial differences were distinctly classified between the hierarchical Hutus and the inferior Tutsis.” (Nardone). The identity made the Hutus mad because the Tutsis were classified as the inferior race because they were taller. The identity cards sparked the genocide
He explains “"At that time," he said, "we were not even considering ourselves human beings. We were not thinking what we were doing was wrong or right . . . It was OK, because that was the only means to survive." (Rohrlich). This shows that the genocide made people feel in a sense racially awkward. Also some orphanages had to take in people who were escaping and filled up the orphanage which “When the killings intensified, the orphanage (built to accommodate 60 orphans) became a shelter for 400 people. “I had no choice. I couldn’t refuse to help those who were running to us,” Gisimba says. In the month of July, they killed the social workers and others who were hiding in the ceiling above the kitchen. “We were no longer scared of dying. We lived with death. I could not be scared in front of the children” he adds.” (Damas Mutezintare Gisimba). This showed that some people still tried to care for others, and specially for
A woman who “...fled to the Ndera Petit Séminaire on the April 7, 1994 after the Interahamwe militia attacked her house. Being a devoted catholic, she believed she could find protection at the seminary. Her hope was short lived when, three days later, the Interahamwe attacked. “Almost everyone was killed in that attack”, she says. When she regained consciousness a day later, she had machete wounds and her entire family including husband, six children (three boys and three girls) and one adopted child had been all killed.” (Josephine Murebwayire). This woman survived with horrible injuries and was all alone, but it was because her family was attacked. It was bad for Josephine until “she was rescued by a soldier from the Rwandan Patriotic Army. After recovering, Josephine adopted five children whose parents were killed at Ndera Petit Séminaire. “No Rwandan child deserve to cry again. I will take care of them until I can’t,” she says.” (Josephine). Now Josephine works as a part of the widow association of Rwanda, she helps improve the lives of the women who survived the