next generation of Rwandan Hutus’ and Tutsis’? The Rwandan Genocide began on April 6 1994 in Rwanda‚ Africa. This occurred when the political leaders of the Hutu nation blamed the Tutsi minority for the political‚ social and economic issues that Rwanda was facing. The Tutsi nation was also accused of supporting a Tutsi dominated rebel group‚ the Rwandan Patriotic Front also known as RPF. President Habyarimana‚ who was a Hutu‚ increased division between the Hutu and Tutsi nation by using propaganda
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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‚ the world just watched. If countries
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Causes and Effects of the Rwandan Genocide by Arnav Kapur In 1994‚ Rwanda erupted into one of the most appalling cases of mass murder the world has ever witnessed since World War II. Many of the majority Hutu (about 84% of the population) turned on the Tutsi (about 15% of the population) and moderate Hutu‚ killing an estimated total of 800‚000 people. The main causes of the Rwandan Genocide were the shooting down of the President’s plane‚ high population density‚ the media‚ the unresponsive UN and the
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genocide have been labeled as a category of “genocide”. And because of this categorization of the Hutu and Tutsi; they became victims of the “nouns that cut slices” (218)‚ a phrase that Allport uses for “the names that help us to perform the clustering” (218). The Rwanda genocide also opened the eyes of the people to Allport’s idea of “emotionally toned labels” (220); the labels of being a Hutu and Tutsi had many connotations both bad consequently leading to their clash because of the “misunderstanding
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genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda. The genocidal campaign was led by Hutu extremists in 1994. By examining the timeline‚ number of deaths‚ and the weapons used‚ it is clear that the Rwandan Genocide was one of the worst in history. There were two sides in the genocide. The Hutus‚ who were the perpetrators; and the Tutsis‚ who were the victims. The conflict started when‚ in April 1994‚ a plane carrying the President was shot down and he was killed. The Hutus blamed a group of Tutsi exiles called the
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these emotions everyday as a result of a 1994 genocide that began in April‚ ended in July‚ and resulted in the mass murder of over 800‚000 Tutsi people. More specifically‚ eight thousand people died per day for one hundred days‚ the equivalent of five lives per minute. Five lives per minute because of ethnic competition and rising tensions between the Tutsi and Hutu groups. An ethnic competition that began with the initial separation of Rwandan citizens by European colonists and continued with
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Rwanda had been the home of oppression throughout most of its history‚ the center of the issues revolving around the Hutu and the Tutsi. The Hutu make up the majority in Rwanda while the Tutsi make up the minority.1 Ever since‚ these two groups started inhabiting the same area‚ they have struggled for power. Initially it was the Tutsi‚ then the Hutu‚ and now the Tutsi again. Amidst this struggle for power came the Rwandan Civil War and the Rwandan Genocide. There are many opinions on the war and
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main ethnic populations‚ the Tutsis and the Hutus. The Hutus represent 80% of the Rwandan population. Rwanda was once a Belgium colony. When Belgium withdrew from Rwanda‚ the Tutsis quickly took control of the businesses and the government. Although being a minority‚ the Tutsis were socially‚ economically and politically dominant. Tensions grew rapidly between the ethnic groups‚ which led to the exiles‚ in 1959 to 1961‚ of many Tutsis. With the departure of the many Tutsis‚ the nation started to deteriorate
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status to the Tutsi minority‚ who at the time made up about 8% of the population (Cook‚ 2006). The Tutsis would for decades rule over the other ethnic party in Rwanda‚ the Hutus. The differences between these two ethnic groups were emphasized by the Belgians who used physical characteristics as a guide to divide the two into two separate races. The Belgians classified those who were generally tall‚ thin‚ and more ’European’ looking as Tutsis and the shorter‚ stockier Rwandans as Hutus (January‚ 2007)
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extreme violence is necessary in order to see the correlation between trust and violence. In Rwanda extreme violence did take place when the Hutus killed 500‚000 to 800‚000 Tutsis in 1994. The Hutu final solution was carried out so well because the Hutus killed with speed and efficiency. With such attributes‚ they met little resistance. According to a Tutsi refugee‚ the militias had been training for months before the president’s plane was shot down. This shows that there might have been some evidence
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