Although the 1994 Rwandan situation could be considered a conflict, it was targeting a group of people for the purpose of extermination that characterizes this mass murder as a genocide.
What is a genocide? Is it the mass killings of thousands of people? Would you consider false propaganda or dehumanization characteristics of a genocide? Well, in Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza, You see that the 1994 Rwandan conflict was a genocide because it has all of these characteristics. Some people still wonder if this makes this conflict a genocide. If that doesn’t, then the extermination of an entire race makes it one. Although the 1994 Rwandan situation could be considered a conflict, it was targeting a group of people for the purpose of extermination that characterizes this mass murder as a genocide.
The dehumanization of the Tutsis by the Hutus characterized this 1994 conflict in Rwanda as a genocide because it made the Tutsis seem …show more content…
This was done so that the extermination process would be easier because then the Tutsis were looked at as ugly, gross, and as easy to kill as the animals they are called. Since the Hutus thought killing the Tutsis was their duty, it was easier for them to cope and deal with the weighing guilt of knowing that they eliminated an entire race. Since the Tutsis were looked at as pests when they were being murdered, the Hutus would squish them like “the cockroaches they are”, or they would “chop these snakes in half”. By comparing the Tutsis to snakes, the Hutus felt less like they were destroying an entire race, but more like they were only slaughtering some pesky animals to protect themselves. Like a game, the Hutus would run around through the cities and towns calling out chants and songs about killing the Tutsis, as if this killing was looked at as a game, or contest, and the Hutu that kills the most Tutsi “snakes” will be the so
What is a genocide? Is it the mass killings of thousands of people? Would you consider false propaganda or dehumanization characteristics of a genocide? Well, in Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza, You see that the 1994 Rwandan conflict was a genocide because it has all of these characteristics. Some people still wonder if this makes this conflict a genocide. If that doesn’t, then the extermination of an entire race makes it one. Although the 1994 Rwandan situation could be considered a conflict, it was targeting a group of people for the purpose of extermination that characterizes this mass murder as a genocide.
The dehumanization of the Tutsis by the Hutus characterized this 1994 conflict in Rwanda as a genocide because it made the Tutsis seem …show more content…
This was done so that the extermination process would be easier because then the Tutsis were looked at as ugly, gross, and as easy to kill as the animals they are called. Since the Hutus thought killing the Tutsis was their duty, it was easier for them to cope and deal with the weighing guilt of knowing that they eliminated an entire race. Since the Tutsis were looked at as pests when they were being murdered, the Hutus would squish them like “the cockroaches they are”, or they would “chop these snakes in half”. By comparing the Tutsis to snakes, the Hutus felt less like they were destroying an entire race, but more like they were only slaughtering some pesky animals to protect themselves. Like a game, the Hutus would run around through the cities and towns calling out chants and songs about killing the Tutsis, as if this killing was looked at as a game, or contest, and the Hutu that kills the most Tutsi “snakes” will be the so