The Tutsi And Hutu People In Rwanda

For over a half of a century in Rwanda, the Tutsi and Hutu people had fought back and forth over supremacy, due to a racial battle driven by discrimination and severe torment. The Tutsi and Hutu societies were pressed alongside one another by foreign colonialist powers up to 1994 when a something had finally sparked.

Before Rwanda had been colonized, the Tutsis and Hutus lived coexistent lifestyles, they were unconnected indigenous groups that survived together without dislike towards each other. Some Tutsis and Hutus were local chiefs within Rwanda, and during this time there was no judgment or conflicts between the groups. After World War I, Belgium had claimed Rwanda as a colony and acknowledged the Tutsis as the natural born leaders of the country. All of the light skinned Tutsis were given Identity cards in order to distinguish them from the “low class” Hutus. At this time, racial pressures arose as the Hutus were beginning to be mistreated.

During the 1950s, the Tutsi Elite started to push for independence and lash out against the colonial Belgian presence in Rwanda. In an attempt to put an end to this out lash, the Belgian Government moved their care in the direction of the Hutu majority who lacked the ability to take over control. Soon after, with help from within the United Nations supporting Rwandan independence, wars broke out between the minority Tutsis and the newly more powerful Hutus. In 1959 without any interference from any outside government, Hutus began putting flames to Tutsi communities, and killing people without any restraints. This conflict left an estimated 300 Tutsi Civilians dead.

In the Early 1960s, Belgium started to replace many Tutsi chiefs with Hutu, causing a unfair balance of chiefs inside Rwand...

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