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    While this war took place‚ the Hutu people made and launched plans to wipe out the Tutsi population. The Hutus were majorly successful in this act‚ and during the uyear 1994‚ killed approximately 800‚000 Tutsi men‚ women and children. This was caused by the hutu’s rise to power. they were the majority of the population‚ and they wanted to gain and keep power of the country. the war and genocide ended only when the RPF‚ a Tutsi-dominated rebel group‚ defeated the Hutu perpetrators and a new president

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    Rwanda Genocide

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    Africa. Due to the location of Rwanda it caused controversy because many countries surrounding it wanted to take control over it. It caused tension between multiple countries and sparked a war which lead to a genocide. There are three groups in Rwanda – Hutu‚ Tutsi‚ and Twa. The Twa group was initially the first group to settle in Rwanda and was soon followed by the Hutus and then the Tutsis‚ who came from Ethiopia. Once the Tutsis and Hutus took over Rwanda‚ there were always profound social differences

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    Genocide In Rwanda

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    were three ethnic groups in Rwanda in 1944. The Hutu‚ Tutsi and Twa. Hutu extremists blamed the Tutsi for the poor social economic position that the country was in. There was much political pressure for economic improvement. The Rwanda Patriot Front (known as the RPF)‚ a Tutsi rebel group‚ fought for changes and met with opposition from the Hutu. Habyarimana was the president and used propaganda and political power to cause fighting between the Hutu and the Tutsi factions. He approved the mistreatment

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    Introduction Imagine an African country‚ riddled with mass genocide‚ divided by the deep seeded Hutu hatred of the Tutsi tribe built up over many years of perceived injustice. Now picture a hard-working man stuck in this conflicting scenario trying to protect his family and subsequently many others along the way. Hotel Rwanda is a heart-wrenching unfolding of a man’s journey to free his family from the turmoil around them and what he accomplishes as a result of his moral values and skill in adaptation

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    On April 6th‚ 1994‚ the Hutu President’s plane was shot down by Hutu rebels‚ but they said the Tutsis did it. On April 7th the Rwandan genocide began. For 100 days‚ Hutus killed innocent Tutsis and any Hutus that sympathized Tutsis. Roads were blocked‚ houses were broken into‚ nowhere was safe and they couldn’t escape. The RTML‚ a hate radio‚ broadcasted propaganda against the Tutsis and gave instructions such as “cut down the tall trees” and “crush the cockroaches” to the Hutus. During this genocide

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    Paul Rusesabagina Hero

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    described in Paul Rusesabagina’s book titled “An Ordinary Man‚” which talks about his experiences in Rwanda during the genocide committed by the Hutu people in 1994. The Hutu people went on a killing spree‚ massacring over 800‚000 Tutsi natives in the span of two months. In the film‚ Rusesabagina is made out to be a hero of the people who saves over 1200 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from being slaughtered by the rebel group known as the Interahamwe. With the help of some powerful friends‚ payoffs‚ and

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    Thousands of Tutsi were killed by the Hutu‚ leaving the bodies in the streets as evidence of their power. It lasted one hundred days and one hundred nights‚ leaving nothing but terror and death in the Tutsi eyes. There are factors that lead to the death of over one million people during the Rwandan Genocide including the lack of U.S help and authority‚ the selfish acts of evacuating only Americans from Rwanda‚ and the evil presence that was taking over the Hutu‚ making them to strive for more power

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    Rwandan Genocide (is life worth more in fictional or reality) Intro. paragraph - To start off with is Rwandan genocide is a category of the slaughter of the ethnic Tutsi and politically moderate Hutu peoples. The killings began in early April of 1994‚ and continued for approximately one hundred days until the “Hutu Power” movement’s defeat in mid-July. This experience would end up to the imperious behavior that was shown of these people that did the righteous thing all the time. This is to indistinguishable

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    The Parallels between The Crucible and The Rwanda Genocide The themes of justice‚ community and sacrifice in The Crucible are universal and can be identified in many modern events in history‚ including the Rwanda Genocide. The genocide in Rwanda and The Salem Witch Hunts in The Crucible have many striking similarities‚ primarily these are: the hunting down and killing of a group of people identified as being different‚ the mass killing of people for no valid reason and the taking of revenge on a

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    Are people inherently good or evil? A Yale study attempts to answer this question by deciphering whether young babies could choose right over wrong. One of the things they did within the study was a puppet show with two characters: one a “bad guy” and the other the “good guy”. After‚ the babies were told to choose which puppet they would rather play with. Results showed that the babies chose the "good guy" over the bad. This means that people are born with the ability to know the difference between

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