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Paul Rusesabagina From Hotel Rwanda
The greatest struggle in life is the fight to protect your beliefs; religious, political, racial, ethnic, and sexuality. In this nation we are provided with the ability to voice our opinions via protests, social media, and through our political representatives. If people had not taken a stand in times of conflict and fought for their beliefs the world's worst tragedies would even more horrific. Paul Rusesabagina from Hotel Rwanda, felt strongly that Tutsi people were no lesser than the rest of the Rwandans. Throughout the movie Paul witnesses horrible acts and makes a decision about his stance not based on the people around him but what he believed was right. Although he is of the Hutu race, the race attempting to take over and wipe out the

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