Rwanda Genocide Research Paper

The Rwandan Genocide was from April to July of 1994. During the Rwandan Genocide, there were two major groups. The two groups were the Hutus and the Tutsis. The Hutus were poor farmers they were the lower class or peasants and did not have a lot of resources or a lot of money. The Hutus was recognized as the ethnic majority of Rwandan. The Hutus appearances were quite different from the Tutsis. The Hutus were darker, shorter, and uneducated. The Tutsis were cattle farmers and were identified as a foreign race. The Tutsis were taller, skinnier, and well educated. Germany believed that the Tutsis were upper-class and have the majority of weapons. The Hutu ethnic majority in the east-central African nation of Rwanda murdered majority of the
In 1897 before Belgium took over, Europeans believed that the Tutsis were the superior group in Africa. They worked together with the Tutsi monarchy to rule Rwandan. According to Thabo Mbeki “One of the matters that must be addressed is that Rwanda and Uganda have to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We're also supporting processes to ensure that the political dialogue among the Congolese themselves takes place so that the people there can decide their future”. The identities of the Hutus and Tutsi were constructed and reinforced by Belgian colonists when they introduced identity cards, assigning it to the ethnicity of Hutus, which created tension between the Hutus and Tutsis, thinking the Tutsis were better than the Hutus (The media as a tool of War: Propaganda in the Rwandan Genocide,
The Rwandan Patriotic Front lead to extensive propaganda campaigns of Rwandan media, the media draw attention to the colonial period and spread fear that Hutus could be the victim of defeat if Tutsis were to take over Rwanda. According to Michael Ignatieff “Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people, one land, one truth, the end of difference. Since genocide is a form of political utopia, it remains an enduring temptation in any multiethnic and multicultural society in crisis”. The Hutus group use propaganda to make the Tutsis look like the enemy to survive. The Republic of Rwanda has been torn apart by ethnic division, The Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front was successful and has formed a new government. (The media as a tool of War: Propaganda in the Rwandan Genocide,