16. After watching Hotel Rwanda to begin our new Unit please write a blog post answering the following questions: What caused two tribes of people who lived in peace for hundreds of years to build up hatred for one another? What reasons do they describe for their dislike? How is the hatred spread? How do they justify the horrible things they do? What similarities from other countries or historical events do you see? What sort of reaction do you have to watching the film?

Questions&Responses

What caused the two tribes of people who lived in peace for hundreds of years to build up hatred for one another?

A: The two tribes conflict started when the Belgium people differentiated between the Hutu's and Tutsi's. The Belgiums wanted to take back one of the tribes that looked more European with sharp noses and tall heights.   The Belgiums thought the Tutsi's looked more European. Which the Europeans put Tutsi's in responsiblility. This infuriated the Hutu's. Which led to the Hutu's to instigate a massacre, this was just the fuel to the fire. But this has been a back and forth issue between the Hutu's and Tutsi's since the beginning. The Tutsi's had a higher population which made them control Rwanda. The Hutu's were feeling like they were getting discriminated against which they felt they werent equal, that eventually provoked the Hutu's to kill and get their equal rights and in control.

What reasons do they describe for their dislikes?

A: The reason they dislike eachother from the beginning is because of the ethnic tension. But in some ways they were similar but they didnt realize that. The Tutsi's loved being better then the Hutu's and the resentment to the Hutu's built up so much that they killed the Tutsi's. Overall the MAIN reason is that the Hutu's felt the resentment and hatred.

How is the hatred spread?

A: The hatred spread by Propaganda. Propaganda is information, ideas, rumours purposely and deliberatley spread to either help or harm a person or people. This is a big movement that can be good or bad. But in this case the Propaganda was deliberately used to harm the Tutsi's people. They used this propaganda over the radio which everyone listened too. Once the Hutu's heard the radio, they would get infuriated and hyped to punish the Tutsi's.

How do they justify the horrible things they do? 

A: They justify the things they do by bringing in the UN and help from local police. Which led to stop the genocide

What similarities from other countries or historical events do you see?
 
A: Some of the similarities i still see to this day are hatred and sexism. For example their has been one genocide occuring in India since beginning of time... The female genocide, heres a little background on what the female genocide is. The female genocide is the killing of baby girls because in india the parents want to determine the sex of the baby ahead of time to see if its a boy so they can keep it and if its a girl kill it. In india it is believed that if you have a boy in the house it is good because they can carry on the "name" of the family and  carry on the family business, which in my opinion is stupid. Women are the same as men, they are equal to men, whatever men can do women can also do, their are many powerful women out there that have done so much for the people and the world, that are such a great inspiration. In India this genocide has effected many women. More then 50 million baby girls have either been missing or killed...the culture of favouring males in India is costing the lives of millions of young girls which is absolutley disgusting. More than 2,000 illegal abortions are being carried out every single day, and it is dramatically altering the balance of the population. Many baby girls have been killed before even being born, and many baby girls have been killed after being born. It truly sickens me that this type of belief in India still exists in the 21st century, It hurts to see that many baby girls that could have been something and done something could not even be given the chance to live. I am a female myself and seeing events like this in india, in my culture still happens hurts, I feel like there should be something done about this, spread the word, make the parents understand the value of being a female, make the mothers understand themselves that you are a FEMALE yourself so why on earth are you part of the killing of your own daughter. I think that the most powerful people in the world should focus on a topic like this, atleast there will be a change in a horrific event like this and hopefully a end to this event.