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The Pros And Cons Of The Rwanda Genocide

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Rwanda Genocide In the Rwanda genocide more than one million people are estimated to have perished and an estimated 150,000 to 250,000 women were also raped. Genocide is defined as the intentional destruction of a specific group of people. The Rwandan genocide was a genocide against the Tutsis. During this time, the Tutsi minority was attacked by Hutu militias. In the Rwandan genocide, 500,000 people were killed in the small Central African country of Rwanda. Others were raped, beaten and tortured. A favoritism on the minority Tutsi created an ongoing and deeper tension between the Hutus and Tutsi. The Tutsis were favored because they had more privileges and the Hutus did not, so there was widespread discrimination against the Tutsis. First it is said that “During the …show more content…

Favoritism towards the Tutsis divided them because they were divided by their ethnicity and that is why the Tutsis and the Hutus had tensions between them due to their differences in advantages that were given. It is stated that “Rwanda's colonial period, during which Belgian rulers favored the Tutsi minority over the Hutus, exacerbated the tendency of a few to oppress the majority, creating a legacy of tension that erupted into violence even before Rwanda obtained its independence” (HISTORY.COM EDITORS) Because the Hutus were treated differently, it is evident that the Hutus did not have the same opportunities as the Tutsis. Because of this, the Hutus decided to rebel, so the Tut forced the Tutsis to flee because they were being killed and attacked. It is true that the Tutsis were favored over the Hutus and that is why the Hutus were resentful and discrimination spread causing many deaths of

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Rwanda has a history of deep rooted conflict which originates back to when it was once a colony of Germany. Once it became a colony of Belgium after world war one this conflict also came with it, The conflict that exists is thus of two ethnic tribal groups the; Hutus and the Tutsis and their strong hatred of one another. Rwandans myths seems to indicate that Hutu and Tutsi identities did exist before the colonization but the hatred of two predominate ethnic tribal groups of one another only came into existence after colonization. This conflict between them has nothing to with religion, race or language it is to do with territory and the ownership of Rwanda. It is because of the colonies exploitation and classification of the Rwandan people into“an ethnic group” that the conflict seemed to come to a head.

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