case the Hutus’ target were the Tutsis. They were of the same language. They practiced the same cultural traditions. They were of the same race. The only difference was power. And that’s what drove the genocide. When the Europeans helped colonize Rwanda‚ they gave the more powerful positions‚ like jobs in the government‚ to the Tutsis. One of the few high ranking spots that a Hutu obtained was President. Their reasoning was that the Tutsis looked more developed and looked of European descent. The
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Hutu The mention of the word “Hutu” immediately conjures up images of mass murder from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The recent film Hotel Rwanda brought the horrible atrocities of that genocide to the public eye. However‚ it is not only in Rwanda that the Hutu have been involved in ethnic war. The country of Burundi‚ a neighbor to Rwanda‚ was the site of the first violence between the Hutu and the Tutsi. The Hutu people of Burundi have a rich culture and history that has been largely
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During the early 1900’s the Belgians had been colonizing Rwanda. The Belgians used the Hutu people who at the time were a majority‚ as slaves. The Belgian’s favored the Tutsi because they looked more “white”. The belgians would look at the skin tone‚ the size of their lips and the width of the bridge of their noses to determine this. The Belgians put the Tutsi people in charge of the Hutu’s but when the Belgians decided to leave the area they left the Hutu people in charge. The Hutu were furious
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Rednaxela R. Calderon ASSIGNMENT No. 4 HOTEL RWANDA GUIDE QUESTIONS: 1. If you were in the situation of Paul‚ how far would you go to protect your countrymen‚ when you know very well that this will cost you the life of your family? Will you abandon your family to save the lives of others? => If I will put myself in Paul’s situation‚ I think‚ I would help and protect my countrymen as long as I can and as long as I’m living. But first I’m going to ensure my family’s safety before I gamble
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Hotel Rwanda‚ released in December of 2004‚ is based on the true story on the life of Paul Rusesabagina‚ a hotel manager of Hotel des Mille Collines‚ who saved the lives of 1‚268 people in the face of genocide. This movie is based on the true events of the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 that occurred in Kigali‚ the capital and largest city of Rwanda in Africa. It touches upon when the Hutu extremists of Rwanda initiated an act of genocide on thousands of the minority group‚ Tutsis. This movie was directed/written
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After watching Hotel Rwanda‚ I had many emotions including confusion‚ frustration and gratitude. I was initially unfamiliar with tribal labels‚ such as Hutu of Tutsi. ‘Tribal violence’ is not discussed frequently on the western part of the globe. I was incredibly frustrated by the non-stop nagging of the supposedly officials. The officials took advantage of their power and chose to ignore the genocide. Their ignorance made them responsible for the thousands of innocent people horrendously killed
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Rwanda was first a kingdom divided into three ethnic groups: Tutsi‚ Hutu‚ and Twa. The Tutsis (14% of the population) were the in charge of the cattle‚ the Hutus (85% of the population) were the farmers‚ and the Twa (1% of the population) were the servants. The Tutsis were the upper class and the Hutus were vassals. Cattle measured wealth in Rwanda‚ the more cows you had the richer you were considered. During the late 19th Century‚ Rwanda was still considered a kingdom and it was lead by Kigeli IV
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genocide. In the past Rwanda had been a Belgian state. The Belgians had favored the Tutsi minority due to their European appearance. At initially‚ bolstered by the Belgians‚ the Tutsis had controlled Rwanda. Be that as it may‚ somewhere around 1959 and 1962 the Hutu’s revolted and beat the Tutsi government. The minority Tutsis had then been dealt with term oil therefore. In 1990 a revolt bunch made principally out of Tutsis situated in neighboring Uganda attacked northern Rwanda. The common war that
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Josemare T. D. Santos Hotel Rwanda Movie Questions 1. What city is the movie taking place in? The city is Kigali in Rwanda. 2. What country supplied the Hutus with machetes and how much did they cost? They came from China‚ each one cost ten cents. 3. Describe the guests at Paul’s Hotel. The most part was rich people from other countries. 4. What does Paul tell his wife when she asks why the soldiers would have arrested Victor (the neighbor)? He told that someone who didn’t liked him must denounced
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The Parallels between The Crucible and The Rwanda Genocide The themes of justice‚ community and sacrifice in The Crucible are universal and can be identified in many modern events in history‚ including the Rwanda Genocide. The genocide in Rwanda and The Salem Witch Hunts in The Crucible have many striking similarities‚ primarily these are: the hunting down and killing of a group of people identified as being different‚ the mass killing of people for no valid reason and the taking of revenge on a
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