The Rwandan Genocide is a conflict between the Hutu and the Tutsi communities in Rwanda. The conflict only came about after the Belgians took control of Rwanda in 1916 and vocalized their preference for the minority of the Tutsi because of their physical appearance. They were taller, lighter in skin tone, had thinner noses, and just looked more Western in general than the Hutus did. This differentiation was not there between the communities before the Belgians. They were the people apart of the same community that practiced the same religion, spoke the same language and had the same culture and traditions. When the Belgians gave control back to Rwanda, they gave the power to the Hutu after having favored the Tutsi for so long which had caused a lot of resentment. Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana
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Their new president Paul Kagame was a member of the Tutsi rebel army, the RPF, believes that the way Rwanda will come out of poverty and advance more in the world will be due to economic development. Rwanda now uses tea and coffee production as the main influence on their economy. As for the conflict between the Hutu and the Tutsi, the people drafted a constitution that will ban the provocation of ethnic hatred. There is definitely still tension however. It’s difficult to forget the gruesome scenes these people have lived through and to walk around and see someone that you can vividly remember watching them murder your family member makes it even harder to put the past behind. There is also still tension because there are still Hutu that believe that the Tutsi were the fault for all of the Hutu’s problem, and there are some Tutsi that still feel that they are more elite than the Hutu, just as the Belgians said. President Kagame is implementing the teaching of the younger generation to reject the labels of “Hutu” and “Tutsi” and help in bettering Rwanda for the future
Their new president Paul Kagame was a member of the Tutsi rebel army, the RPF, believes that the way Rwanda will come out of poverty and advance more in the world will be due to economic development. Rwanda now uses tea and coffee production as the main influence on their economy. As for the conflict between the Hutu and the Tutsi, the people drafted a constitution that will ban the provocation of ethnic hatred. There is definitely still tension however. It’s difficult to forget the gruesome scenes these people have lived through and to walk around and see someone that you can vividly remember watching them murder your family member makes it even harder to put the past behind. There is also still tension because there are still Hutu that believe that the Tutsi were the fault for all of the Hutu’s problem, and there are some Tutsi that still feel that they are more elite than the Hutu, just as the Belgians said. President Kagame is implementing the teaching of the younger generation to reject the labels of “Hutu” and “Tutsi” and help in bettering Rwanda for the future