classification‚ done by the Belgians with I.D. cards‚ of the Rwandan people into two major groups which were the Hutu and the Tutsi by their physical features (Doc. 1&4). The Belgians described the Tutsi‚ the minority group as intelligent and skillful and gave the privileges over the Hutu who were the majority group and described as simple (Doc.4). As time passed and the power of the Tutsis got to their head they started to abuse their rights which angered the Hutu. A suspicious plane crash in April 1994 killed
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people who can push policy agendas (the international communities)‚ were muted by their own personal interest. Another culprit is the Belgian colonizers‚ who had a big role in dividing the two groups which lead to serious tensions between the Tutsi and Hutus. For example‚ when a few Belgian soldiers were murdered by Rwandan government troops on the very first morning of the genocide‚ the Brussels government immediately decided to withdraw the remainder of its forces and to lobby the Security Council
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It can be seen that the source that was given supports nationalism to a certain degree. They explain all of the positive things about embracing nationalism while giving only one small negative point. The positive points clearly prevail over the negative point which helps show the reader the author’s position on this issue. It can be seen that only self-determined countries are legitimate. The government that runs the nation-state‚ achieves this self-determination by gaining and keeping the support
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his job as manager for Mille Collines‚ a luxury Belgian hotel in Kigali‚ the capital of Rwanda. In a country wrought with bribery and corruption‚ the tension between the Hutus and the Tutsis rises‚ and intrastate conflict ensues. Rusesabagina is a Hutu and has powerful connections‚ so he is relatively okay‚ but his wife is Tutsi‚ which puts her and their children in danger. After the tensions and conflict escalate quickly within a few days‚ Rusesabagina takes his wife‚ children‚ and friends from
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Hotel Rwanda While the rest of the world was sleeping‚ the conflict between the two primary tribes in Rwanda‚ the Hutus and the Tutsis exploded into a full out war. Rwanda is a small country‚ so small that it’s only represented by a dot in the map of Africa. The population of Rwanda is dived into two castes: the Tutsi cattle owners and the Hutu farmers. In 1994‚ one million people were viciously murdered in the country of Rwanda. Hotel Rwanda tells the true story of Paul Rusesabagina‚ a
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to put an end to political uncertainty once and for all by exterminating all Rwandan Tutsis and Hums who were in favour of the more plural form of government that Habyarimana had agreed to by way of signing the Arusha accords. But While there is no biological evidence of difference races‚ many Rwandans perceive that Tutsi and Hutu are of different races. This view was popularized when Rwanda was colonized: Tutsi were thought to be tall‚ with thin lips and noses‚ and a generally Caucasian appearance;
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Rwanda in 1994 was due to years of built up hatred between the Tutsis and the Hutus along with many other occurrences. The Rwandan Genocide is no exception with many variables contributing to the horrific events that took place. According to the documentary Ghosts of Rwanda‚ in 1994‚ Rwanda experienced a premeditated‚ systematic and state sponsored genocide with the aim of exterminating those who were ethnically identifiable as Tutsi. Between 500‚000 and 800‚000 people were killed in a period of
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of World War One and economic depression. Rwandan Genocide started when Hutu population blamed the Tutsi population for the assassination of the Hutu president because his plane was shot down they blamed Tutsi for killing their leader. Even though there is still ethnic tension the government doesn’t let the genocide to be thought in the classroom or to be ever spoken again‚ they make Hutus and Tutsis live together in peace and make them forgive the murderer of their family. By doing this they basically
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someone who follows his or her conscience in the face of difficulty. Lastly there is a character named George who has a very different view point about ongoing massacre‚ which gives him a lax conscience. He does not even think twice about killing the Tutsi people‚ or giving weapons to the Hutu army. A lax conscience is when a person does not employ a process of conscientious decision making‚ thereby not facing or thinking about the morality of actions that he or she performs. Also in this movie there
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Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) but he won’t tell the BBC his real name.He arrived in what is now Democratic Republic of Congo after the Rwandan genocide‚ though he denies taking part in the slaughter of some 800‚000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus‚ which has led to two decades of unrest across the region. The FDLR has been accused of recruiting child soldiers‚ rape and systematic looting.
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