Bobby Chavez-Gates
Coach Smith
AP Human Geography
11/28/17
The Battle of the Mirror: Rwanda War Ethnicity refers to how one identifies themselves based on their cultural tradition and values. Race is the grouping of people based on similar physical traits, such as hair and skin color. Often times, complex and numerous ethnicities exists within the same land and even race; these differentiations assist in promoting discrimination, tensions, and sometimes war. Rwanda, in the mid 1900s, was a prime example in which the same people lived within the same region, yet hatred festered due simply because of how one identifies themselves.
After WWI, Rwanda acquired its independence from Belgium and was separated from Burundi. Since then, Rwanda …show more content…
Without confirmation on who shot the plane down, both sides began to rally. Within an hour of the crash, an overwhelming message was blasted on radios … “kill all the cockroaches (Tutsi).” The Presidential Guard, Rwandan Armed Forces, and other Hutu militia forces set up blockades along major roads and national boundaries and began to hunt down and slaughter all Tutsis and non-Hutu extremists. By the end of the genocide, more than eight hundred thousand Rwandans. The Tutsi and Hutu-moderates had been viciously murdered; any people were struck by the machetes, bullets, beatings. Many women were raped, many children were abused, and countless were treacherously slaughtered. Within the course of only one hundred days, the whole face of Rwanda had …show more content…
Despite the great name and power of the U.S. and the U.N., little was done to assist or prevent the Rwandan genocide. In 1993, the U.N. sent “peacemakers” to Rwanda with the simple task: keep any wars from starting. For the first month, all the peacemakers were ignorant to what was going on around them. Then Roméo Dallaire, commander of the peacemakers in Rwanda, began receiving tips and information on potential conflicts after Rwanda’s independence. In distress, Dallaire sent a message to the U.N. that mainly requested more troops and a way to get the Tutsi out of Rwanda. In response, Dallaire was rejected and told to work with what he had, which was very little. As
Coach Smith
AP Human Geography
11/28/17
The Battle of the Mirror: Rwanda War Ethnicity refers to how one identifies themselves based on their cultural tradition and values. Race is the grouping of people based on similar physical traits, such as hair and skin color. Often times, complex and numerous ethnicities exists within the same land and even race; these differentiations assist in promoting discrimination, tensions, and sometimes war. Rwanda, in the mid 1900s, was a prime example in which the same people lived within the same region, yet hatred festered due simply because of how one identifies themselves.
After WWI, Rwanda acquired its independence from Belgium and was separated from Burundi. Since then, Rwanda …show more content…
Without confirmation on who shot the plane down, both sides began to rally. Within an hour of the crash, an overwhelming message was blasted on radios … “kill all the cockroaches (Tutsi).” The Presidential Guard, Rwandan Armed Forces, and other Hutu militia forces set up blockades along major roads and national boundaries and began to hunt down and slaughter all Tutsis and non-Hutu extremists. By the end of the genocide, more than eight hundred thousand Rwandans. The Tutsi and Hutu-moderates had been viciously murdered; any people were struck by the machetes, bullets, beatings. Many women were raped, many children were abused, and countless were treacherously slaughtered. Within the course of only one hundred days, the whole face of Rwanda had …show more content…
Despite the great name and power of the U.S. and the U.N., little was done to assist or prevent the Rwandan genocide. In 1993, the U.N. sent “peacemakers” to Rwanda with the simple task: keep any wars from starting. For the first month, all the peacemakers were ignorant to what was going on around them. Then Roméo Dallaire, commander of the peacemakers in Rwanda, began receiving tips and information on potential conflicts after Rwanda’s independence. In distress, Dallaire sent a message to the U.N. that mainly requested more troops and a way to get the Tutsi out of Rwanda. In response, Dallaire was rejected and told to work with what he had, which was very little. As