Abbé Zacharie’s success in building “an example of unity” revealed that there was still hope for Tutsis and Hutus to live together harmoniously. Although the soldiers attacked the students for not abiding their instructions to abandon their Tutsi friends‚ their spirit of togetherness is worthy of admiration as some of the boys died begging “God to forgive their killers because they didn’t know what they were doing.” Through
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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
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to be taken lightly. This influence can harbor tremendous benefits‚ or catastrophic consequences. Hotel Rwanda begins with a black screen‚ where the only thing we are exposed to is a radio broadcast‚ consisting of negative propaganda concerning Tutsi rebels in Rwanda. This is important‚ in that the black screen represents our minds‚ with the only input being what we hear over the broadcast. This gives us a sense of what the refugees are doing throughout a large portion of the film. The intensity
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from the world wide politics of the late twentieth and twenty-first century is that many people of different ethnicities cannot‚ or will not‚ live together in peace. Peace has remained elusive (Noll 2011). In Rwanda the antagonism between Hutus and Tutsis lingers‚ Religious suspicion continues to manifest itself among the Roman Catholics and Protestants. Meanwhile in the Balkans‚ Serbs‚ Croatians and Bosnians all want to exterminate each other. As for the Jews and Palestinians‚ they are locked in an
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TO WHAT EXTENT IS NATIONALISM A POSITIVE FORCE?Nationalism has been viewed as both a positive and a negative force‚ and both positions have been demonstrated today and throughout history. It is the biggest social and political force of the world. It unifies people and makes them stronger. It can lead to a stable economy‚ patriotism and even ultranationalism. But‚ one could argue that all these things‚ especially ultranationalism have had bad consequences such as crimes against humanity‚ fascism and
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Political violence is carrying out an act of violence that is aimed at achieving a political goal. Political violence is a relatively broad term that can be grouped in three different ways based on the motives of the violent acts: Ideational‚ institutional‚ and individual. Such categories can help to explain how ethnicity‚ nationalism‚ religion‚ and ideology factor into the levels of political violence within a given state. Ethnicity and ethnic conflict within a state can cause inequality in a
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issue in this movie was the continued genocide of the Tutsis by Hutu militia groups. On April 6‚ 1994‚ the Rwandan president‚ a Hutu‚ was killed when his plane was shot down over Kigali airport. Hutu politicians blamed Tutsis for the president’s death and within hours‚ loosely organized Hutu militia groups known collectively as the Interhamwe began mobilizing across Rwanda. In a preplanned campaign‚ these Hutu gangs killed roughly 800‚000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus over the course of 100 days. Social
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The moment Lieutenant Ota Uwiragiye left the house‚ the vehicle of the Rwandan Army emerged suddenly on the pavement of the street at high speed as though it were running from a herd of beasts. The Hutu soldiers wanted to surprise the enemies‚ surrounding them until the arrival of military reinforcements However‚ they did not expect the concomitant presence of the experienced RPF’s lieutenant‚ a man who slept in the woodlands with his face against the barrel of a cocked Kalashnikov. As well as Paul
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originally depicted as a man with sentiments only to his family and the guests at the hotel he manages‚ the Hôtel des Mille Collines. When the genocide against the Tutsis begins‚ Paul is not as concerned as one would expect. He is positive that Westerners will come and quickly put an end to the violence. In the meantime‚ he shelters Tutsis from the ruthless Interhamwe‚ who are trying to eradicate them. When on a return trip from collecting supplies for the hotel‚ Paul cannot figure out why the road
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history‚ including genocides.The Rwandan Genocide was the massive killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda’s Tutsis and Hutu over about 100 days. Political figure Juvenal Habyarimana‚ the President at the time‚ died in a plane crash. The Hutu blamed it on the Tutsi claiming it as assassination. Out of fear of being defenceless‚ the Huti tribe set out to destroy all the Tutsi people. Then‚ In 2003‚ 2 Rebel Groups went to the Sudanese government to say that they weren’t being protected
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