Social Discrimination In Rwanda Genocide

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Many of the same characteristics, of why the genocide initiated, are shown until now

within the Rwandan genocide. In which the outnumbered Tutsi and their supporters were targets

for rape and murder after tribal tensions in an unstable region erupted into brutal, hate-fueled

chaos. In all of these scenarios, the victims were attacked out of prejudice and, because they

were minorities (in population and/or in influence or power), they could not adequately defend

themselves. These are only a few of the many examples throughout history that illustrate the

destructive power of social

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