Hutu Genocide

The Tutsi and the Hutu are two of the largest population division in Rwanda and Burundi. Hutu being the largest and Tutsi being the second largest, both which inhabit the African Great Lakes region. “The Hutu are the majority of the Rwandan people, with about 10 million Hutu in the Rwandan and Burundi area” (The Rwandan Genocide). Even though the Hutu is the majority of the population, the Tutsi has made sure that the Hutu will not get any significant positions in the government. The Hutu are known as the second class citizens, peasant farmers, with such little opportunities. The Tutsi are considered as the first class citizens, they were cattle herders. “The Tutsi used to own all the cattle and traded or lent cattle to the weaker Hutu who …show more content…
Whereas the Tutsi’s were favored by the Belgian and lived a better life. I think the Hutus were jealous of what the Tusi people had and the Hutu wanted the power and maybe even the respect that the Belgian’s were giving the Tutsi people. The Hutu, even though they made up most of the population, were not on the same level as the Tutsi people. “Tutsi’s were also taller and lighter skinned so the Belgians believed they were of Caucasian decent, therefore making them “better” than the Hutu people” (The Role of Belgian …show more content…
The Hutu Power was created by the Hutu Rightwing Extremists in Rwanda. “The Commandments called for the supremacy of Hutus in Rwanda, calling for exclusive Hutu leadership over Rwanda’s public institutions and public life, complete segregation of Hutus from Tutsi’s” (Hutu Power). This ideology basically separated the Tutsi and the Hutus people from interacting at all, and calling the Tutsi people the