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Ultranationalism In The Rwandan Genocide

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Nationalism is a great thing to have. It is good for people to support and love their country. When nationalism becomes too strong, it becomes dangerous. The men in source I looking down into the mass grave with holocaust victims’ bodies were part of an ultranationalist ideal that is now one of the most deadly of all time. Adolph Hitler decided that the world should have one master race, and everyone not a part of that race was to be killed. The bodies in the grave did not meet Hitler’s standards and were killed. The three men peering into that pit were part of the master race. The perspective shown in this source is that Hitler and the Nazi Party believed that Germany needed to be the home of the master race and they needed to kill off everyone else. They believed that one race was superior to another. When a person’s nationalistic views become that strong, like Adolph Hitler, it can become dangerous. Ultranationalism is one of the main concepts that start genocide. The Hutus believed they were superior to the Tutsis in the Rwandan …show more content…

Source III, the interview with Romeo Dallaire, shows how the United States did nothing to keep the peace in Rwanda during a time of mass killings. The nationalism shown in this source is how the United States would only help keep the peace in Rwanda if it was in their own self interest. This shows ultranationalist views as well. They believe they are superior to a small African nation and they do not need to spend money and risk their own lives to help another nation. Romeo Dallaire mentions that the United States cannot consider themselves the world policemen if they do not help everyone, especially in extremely bad times like the Rwandan Genocide. Romeo Dallaire believes that all nations, especially world superpowers, should be their for smaller nations in times of

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