The rivalry between the two groups had gone off for centuries, but the systematic way that the massacre took place in Rwanda, caught the United Nations off-guard. In Rwanda, most of the population belongs to Hutus, which are the crop farmers, and the minority is the Tutsis, which are herdsman from Northern Africa. For about 600 years, both groups have shared the essential of farming, culture, language, and nationality; also having intermarriages, with the Hutus working on land, and the Tutsis seen as landowners. With Rwanda being a colony of Belgium, the colonial administrators were to educate and favour one group over another. The Belgians picked the Tutsis, as they were seen as tall, were landowners, and seemed more aristocratic. This introduction of class unsettled the society of Rwanda, causing an alien like divide to fringe upon Rwanda and the Hutus to worry about the safety and security of their ethnic group. The European powers also introduced weapons and the conscious thought of the Hutus to be seen as oppressed, causing the stir of revolution; and officially, in 1956, the official rebellion began. As the rebellion continued on, the Tutsis were being stripped from their lands, causing some to flee to neighbouring countries. Though, in 1962, Rwanda gained independence from Belgium, causing a shift to happen in the Hutu government,
The rivalry between the two groups had gone off for centuries, but the systematic way that the massacre took place in Rwanda, caught the United Nations off-guard. In Rwanda, most of the population belongs to Hutus, which are the crop farmers, and the minority is the Tutsis, which are herdsman from Northern Africa. For about 600 years, both groups have shared the essential of farming, culture, language, and nationality; also having intermarriages, with the Hutus working on land, and the Tutsis seen as landowners. With Rwanda being a colony of Belgium, the colonial administrators were to educate and favour one group over another. The Belgians picked the Tutsis, as they were seen as tall, were landowners, and seemed more aristocratic. This introduction of class unsettled the society of Rwanda, causing an alien like divide to fringe upon Rwanda and the Hutus to worry about the safety and security of their ethnic group. The European powers also introduced weapons and the conscious thought of the Hutus to be seen as oppressed, causing the stir of revolution; and officially, in 1956, the official rebellion began. As the rebellion continued on, the Tutsis were being stripped from their lands, causing some to flee to neighbouring countries. Though, in 1962, Rwanda gained independence from Belgium, causing a shift to happen in the Hutu government,