Rwanda was a country divided between 1990 through 1995, for genocide was prepared and committed here in this small African country. It all started when in 1990, Belgium gave up control of the now diamond-less country, the only reason Belgium kept hold of this otherwise useless country. People were classified into 3 groups, 85% Hutu, 14% Tutsi, and then 1% Twa
(http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm). Hutus were the lowest class and watched as the Tutsis got all the praise and good lives. Since the Tutsis looked more like Europeans than the Hutus, the Belgians treated them so much better than the Hutus. When Belgium left, the line between social classes blurred and in order to classify people, the Hutus used eye …show more content…
They spread hate everywhere, from newspaper to radio and anything else to spread messages around quickly. Hutus called the Tutsis cockroaches and subhuman. Hutus committed crimes and blamed the Tutsis. Crushing their spirits in any way possible, including the denial to nicer lives like they just lived, since it was a Hutu that was president at the time. Even sexual assault was used often to dehumanize the Tutsis. (https://modernhistoryproject2012.wordpress.com/the-steps-to-genocidethis-thisi/)
They used radio commercials to get children on their side, saying good kids from Interahamwe, little groups that go out and kill Tutsis with machetes. In a sense, the genocide started in 1993 when these events happened since the Hutus just killed random Tutsis. But being too unorganized, it couldn’t be counted as one just yet. To make the population oblivious to the Hutus plans, they said that the we are going to “squash the cockroaches”. A seemingly innocent action that was simply the start to something much, much …show more content…
All the propaganda spread word that, Hutus are better than Tutsis, and by such a margin the Tutsis shouldn’t live. Intermarriage between the Hutus and Tutsis was, of course, made illegal and radio stations always teased the Tutsis religion. Moderate Hutu prime minister, Agathe Uwilingiyimana and her servants were killed. Also, the excuse and spark of this genocide was the death of their president in a plane crash, president Habyarimana, was blamed on the Tutsis. Even though the Hutus were the ones that forced the plane crash, everyone was suddenly mad at the Tutsis, average people now armed with bloodlust and desire for their wiping from existence. Now, the preparations for death
(http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm). Hutus were the lowest class and watched as the Tutsis got all the praise and good lives. Since the Tutsis looked more like Europeans than the Hutus, the Belgians treated them so much better than the Hutus. When Belgium left, the line between social classes blurred and in order to classify people, the Hutus used eye …show more content…
They spread hate everywhere, from newspaper to radio and anything else to spread messages around quickly. Hutus called the Tutsis cockroaches and subhuman. Hutus committed crimes and blamed the Tutsis. Crushing their spirits in any way possible, including the denial to nicer lives like they just lived, since it was a Hutu that was president at the time. Even sexual assault was used often to dehumanize the Tutsis. (https://modernhistoryproject2012.wordpress.com/the-steps-to-genocidethis-thisi/)
They used radio commercials to get children on their side, saying good kids from Interahamwe, little groups that go out and kill Tutsis with machetes. In a sense, the genocide started in 1993 when these events happened since the Hutus just killed random Tutsis. But being too unorganized, it couldn’t be counted as one just yet. To make the population oblivious to the Hutus plans, they said that the we are going to “squash the cockroaches”. A seemingly innocent action that was simply the start to something much, much …show more content…
All the propaganda spread word that, Hutus are better than Tutsis, and by such a margin the Tutsis shouldn’t live. Intermarriage between the Hutus and Tutsis was, of course, made illegal and radio stations always teased the Tutsis religion. Moderate Hutu prime minister, Agathe Uwilingiyimana and her servants were killed. Also, the excuse and spark of this genocide was the death of their president in a plane crash, president Habyarimana, was blamed on the Tutsis. Even though the Hutus were the ones that forced the plane crash, everyone was suddenly mad at the Tutsis, average people now armed with bloodlust and desire for their wiping from existence. Now, the preparations for death