The Hutus and the Tutsis are two groups that derive from Rwanda. The Hutus, make up a bulk of the population whereas the Tutsis were a significantly smaller group that had control of the nation (Payne 195). It is often said that there is an “ancient tribal hatred” between these two groups. However, this claim is untrue and therefore inaccurate to speak about. Contrary to popular belief, the two congregations actually share the same land, religion as well as language. “Rather than being ethnically separate, the two tribes were more akin to economic groups, with the cattle-owning Tutsi generally wealthier than their pastoralist Hutu cousins” (White 40).
Belgian colonialism did play a part in the journey towards the Rwandan Holocaust. One hundred …show more content…
When asked this question, one has to go back to the time of 1962. 1962 was the time when Rwanda became independent and the Hutus were able to gain political control (Payne 196). The Tutsis challenged the Hutus political power in the 1990’s. To regain a sense of stability, some Hutus agreed to share power with the Tutsis. Angered by this, “Hutu extremists responded by killing both Tutsis and moderate Hutus” (Payne 196). Later on in 1994, a plane crashed that was carrying the president of Rwanda. The Tutsis were believed to be responsible for this. Therefore, a mass genocide took place, led by the Hutus, that killed over 800,000 people in about 13 …show more content…
There are said to be two main reasons for this. The first, being that U.N. peacekeeping was withdrawn in 1994 (handout). Another reason was that the media failed to report this on a massive scale so most of the world was unaware of the occurrence. Therefore, there was no pressure being put on the government or citizens to make a change. If I could’ve played a role in this event, I would have tried to persuade the U.N. to get involved again and much sooner. I would also attempt to display the horrors on all media platforms so that the world wasn’t so blind and could offer any form of assistance they could. The intervention was eventually mounted because the news of genocide eventually spread and the security council supplied more than 5,000 troops, but were extremely late (handout). French troops were also allowed to assist, but only to a humanitarian extent that did save many Tutsi
Belgian colonialism did play a part in the journey towards the Rwandan Holocaust. One hundred …show more content…
When asked this question, one has to go back to the time of 1962. 1962 was the time when Rwanda became independent and the Hutus were able to gain political control (Payne 196). The Tutsis challenged the Hutus political power in the 1990’s. To regain a sense of stability, some Hutus agreed to share power with the Tutsis. Angered by this, “Hutu extremists responded by killing both Tutsis and moderate Hutus” (Payne 196). Later on in 1994, a plane crashed that was carrying the president of Rwanda. The Tutsis were believed to be responsible for this. Therefore, a mass genocide took place, led by the Hutus, that killed over 800,000 people in about 13 …show more content…
There are said to be two main reasons for this. The first, being that U.N. peacekeeping was withdrawn in 1994 (handout). Another reason was that the media failed to report this on a massive scale so most of the world was unaware of the occurrence. Therefore, there was no pressure being put on the government or citizens to make a change. If I could’ve played a role in this event, I would have tried to persuade the U.N. to get involved again and much sooner. I would also attempt to display the horrors on all media platforms so that the world wasn’t so blind and could offer any form of assistance they could. The intervention was eventually mounted because the news of genocide eventually spread and the security council supplied more than 5,000 troops, but were extremely late (handout). French troops were also allowed to assist, but only to a humanitarian extent that did save many Tutsi