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Rwanda Genocide Essay

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Introduction
For centuries, various underlying and most often than not, petty issues have led to differences between nations and most importantly between its people. As a result of these disputes, divisions have been established consciously and unconsciously between people of the same and different race. All these issues are the reasons for economic inequalities between people.

History
For many years, power struggles between individuals from the same background and of different social standings have led economic inequalities among themselves. More often than not, these disputes have caused rivalries amid them. These disputes have even led to the mass killings of minorities and the “less important” in the sight of the majority and “more important”. …show more content…

In the year 1994, members of the Hutu ethnic majority murdered as many as 800,000 people mainly of the Tutsi minority, between the months of April and July. The main reason for this very unfortunate genocide was the fact before Rwanda became an independent nation; the Belgian colonial rulers favored the Tutsi minority over the Hutu majority, fanning the flame of oppression of the many by the few. Henceforth, resulting in a legacy of tension between the two groups that began the genocide. After the gruesome slaughter of many in Rwanda, some form of equity was established by placing an individual from both the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups in positions of authority; a wise step in appeasing the desires of both ethnic groups.
Another aspect that led to economic inequity is race. What is race? According to oxford dictionaries, race is “each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics: people of all races, colors, and creeds.” The issue of race has for centuries been one of the most outstanding factors affecting equity among people. For example, in Nazi occupied Germany where Jews and other minorities were seen as an inferior race and the Germans seen as a superior race. The hatred of these races led to the mass murder of over 6 million Jews, often referred to as the

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