Sam+Muller

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Before 1962 Belgium ruled the country of Rwanda. During their rule they seperated the country into two major groups of people, the Hutu and the Tutsi. These two groups were divided based on their apperence, the color of their eyes and the size of their noses were major factores in the two gorups diffrences.The Belgium leaders put the tutsis on top, they treated them beter and they got moree human rights. While the Hutu were lower class, and even though they made up most of the population the were put on the bottem. In 1959 once the Belgiums had left the country violence had arupted between the Hutus and the tutsis. The Hutus wanted there revenge on the Tutsi for being beter for alll of those years. Since the Hutus made up about 85% of the population, they became in charge. Their goal was to wipe out the Tutsi population so that there would be no more of them and the Hutu would have there own country. The Hutu soon enought began going out of controll. They formed groups and would go out to peoples homes and kill, woemen children and men, using masheties, clubs and guns. Road blockes were set up to stop all cars passing and cheak the identifications of everyone inside. If you were a Hutu most of the time you got away, and Tutsis were killed in the middle of the street. It was also very comman for the Hutu killers, to make other Hutu kill their Tutsi friends and family to show that they were loyal to their own kind.

 **Prejudiced Attitudes** - Even though the Hutus were trying to wipe out the Tutsis, there were many people that were just letting it happen and many Hutus that were in the counrty whatching the hate take place. **Acts of Prejudiced** - The Hutu would call the Tutsi many different names like chrocroaches, they would torture and ridicual the Tutsi population **Discrimination** - Harssment took place day to day during this time period. Vandilism, and distruction because of peoples labbles, not who they were as people. **Violence** - Every day thousends of people were killed, raped, tortured, and hurt by the Hutus **Genocide ** - This whole act of tragity was genocide. A big group of people were killed, not for being individuals but for having aa labble being conciderd a certian person. The Hutus were dilebertly and concienciously trying wo wipe out the Tutsis so they would not longer exist.
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A boy Hamis Kamuhanda, was 11 years old when his tragic stroy began. He is now left with one leg and a devistating stroy to share with everyone that will lissten. He belonged to a Rwandian family that happen to be Tutsi and never thought that they could be targeting since they had done nothing wrong, but they were victoms and people tried to kill them. "I could feel blood coming from under my right shoulder and I did not know whether I was hit or not. I could not feel any pain then. My mind was occupied with the terror of being hacked to death." "Suddenly the door burst open and they came in praising themselves for a good job done. I was closer to the door and they kicked me in my belly. It was painful but the thought of being severed alive with their machetes, made me stay as quiet as a mouse." The Genocide that happend in Rwnada was a tragity, that never should have happend. Many other countrys, and groups of people have sufferd in the world, and know other countries or people step in to help.Or by the time that they do its to late. The novel Night which reflects on the Holocaust is very similar to this genocide. Both acts of Genocide invole one group that doesnt like a group of people so they decide to try and wipe them out. In the holocaust the main target were the jewish people and in Rwanda it was the Tutsis. In both places fear, violence, and terror occerd, all of these fealings and actions were caused by people that had no reason not to like a certin group by they did and convinced others to agree with there mentality.
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