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The Hutus were the majority of the population before the genocide took place. Hutus thought that the Tutsis were the main cause of all the issues in the country. The President was also Hutu and he used political propaganda and manipulation to separate the two groups and turn then against each other.

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At the time, the Hutu population was majority population in Rwanda compared to the Tutsi population. The Hutu population wanted to eradicate the lesser Tutsi population and classification them as lesser beings.

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In Rwanda, the population was divided into two ethnic groups: the Tutsis and the Hutus, the Tutsis being considered nobility.

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In Rwanda, 15% of the population were Tutsis and the Hutus had the power over this minority. Belgians thought Tutsis were more superior because they were "more white" this started the hate between Tutsis and Hutus.

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The Hutus were labeled as "the oppressed farmers" while the Tutsis were labeled as "cockroaches" or "tall trees." They were "tall trees" because the Tutsis are generally taller than Hutus and "cockroaches because they were "pests" who ruled over the Hutus, who mostly worked the hardest.

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Tutsi were called the "Tall trees" because they were usually taller than the average Hutu, and they were referred to as cockroaches first by General Bagosora, who clearly believed that the Tutsi's "were historically pests who ruled over the pure." The symbolization was based in ethnic hatred, and these names were consistent throughout Rwanda.

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Tutsis had lighter skin color than Hutus, this caused a difference between them which the Hutus turned against the Tutsis.

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The Hutus and Tutsis had identification cards which showed their race. This would later be used to determine race.

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Physical characterizations of each ethnic group

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This is a picture of an ID card from a Tutsi who was killed in the genocide. This was from a Genocide Memorial in Rwanda.

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By dehumanizing the Hutu's to animals, vermin, or disease, it made it easier to kill them, because they were considered as a pest that had to be eradicated. The Hutu's were thinking of the Tutsi's as animals, "making it easier to kill them without any remorse or compassion." This dehumanization stage gives a piece of relief to the Hutu's, who believe they are trying to purify society from the Tutsi population.

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The government used all its machinery propaganda to dehumanize the Tutsis by spreading bigotry and hatred. To further the hate on the Tutsis, people started to publish newspapers that officially declared Tutsis "cockroaches" and drill into the heads of Hutus that they were being ruled over by the Tutsis.

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"...spread fears that Hutus could once more be the victim of suppression if Tutsis were to take over control in Rwanda. These assertions were supported by coordinated public acts intended to increase the levels of fear among the public, such as a staged attack on Kigali by ‘Tutsis’ in October 1990."
Back before the genocide, Tutsis ruled above Hutus who were considered "subordinate" and "inferior." The Hutus broadcast this throughout Rwanda, proclaiming that the Tutsis were bad and would take over once more if not stopped.

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Hutus believed that Tutsis were lower than them after government manipulation. They convinced Hutus that Tutsis weren't human beings. Hutus called them cockroaches and tall trees.

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The Interahamwe, a Hutu paramilitary planned the killings and got shipments of weapons over time. They collected the weapons that were supplied from Israel. The money came from France. The militia started to build supplies up in around 1990 and continued throughout the years.

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The media in Rwanda played a big role in organizing the genocide. The "RTLM radio broadcasted messages telling Hutu's addresses of specific Tutsi's, so that they could attack them." The radio would announce the names of fallen Tutsi's names and keep track of the Tutsi's that were killed. They alerted the Hutu's when to attack by broadcasting messages out.

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"The Hutu-controlled government and allied militias slaughtered between 800,000 and one million Tutsisbefore a Tutsi rebel group overthrew them. Over 100,000 Hutus were also killed, including both moderate Hutus killed by Hutu extremists and thosekilled by Tutsis in so-called '"revenge killings."'

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The government prepared militias with weapons and guns. They then gave them permission to murder Tutsis without stepping in. They exterminated the Tutsis by brainwashing Hutus with anti-Tutsi propaganda and arming militias. Finally they turned a blind eye whilst Tutsis were killed.

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Hutus held public gatherings excluding Hutus. This further seperated the divide between the two groups. The organized this and then isolated the Tutsis. By dehumanizing and seperating the Tutsis, they made them the problem and created a genocide.

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Places of refuge started to get targeted such as schools, churches, stadiums, and hospitals

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After the plane crashed which head President Juvénal Habyarimana's was shot down, the media was used to blame Tutsis. This method was efficient and effective. This made the Hutus made and gave reason for the genocide. TV stations, Reporters, and Radios made it so the Hutus blamed the Tutsis for everything wrong in the country.

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Hutu extremists used propaganda and radio messages to spread hate across the different ethnic groups in Rwanda and even used it as signals to begin killings. The radio helped isolate the Tutsi population so the Hutu's could drive their hate towards them.

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Propaganda was heavily used to herald that the Hutus were better than the Tutsis.

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Propoganda was used to seperate Hutus and Tutsis. They held public gatherings against Tutsis and even allowed them to be murdered.

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There were also some laws passed that forbid intermarriage or social interaction.

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Everything was timed perfectly. When the plane was shot down, and the country was in a hostile environment. Hutus were mad and blamed the Tutsis. After planning, all they need was to prepare and execute the plan. Tutsis would be identified through the identification cards given out by the government.

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The organizers were intimidating the opposing political leaders, threatening to kill them. There were also further planning and supplying of weapons.

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More than 2000 assault rifles were distributed to civilians in disguise for self defense.The weapon that was most commonly used in the genocide was a machete. Assault rifles were used to control Tutsi's into confined areas.

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Important members of government such as Kigali instructed certain militias to kill Tutsis. They armed these militias with weapons and while the government did not "do" the genocide, they gave the militias everything they would need to complete it.

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Adding on to what Mia said about identification cards, police can also pull them up on the road and ask for the identification card. If they are a Tutsi, they can easily be killed. Throwing away identity cards did not help for, if you cannot prove that you are a Hutu, it is easily assumed you are a Tutsi.

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Over 800,000 Tutsi and others were murdered with machetes, knives, and clubs. Because the Hutu used hand weapons to kill most victims, death was usually slow and painful for most of the victims. The Hutu usually tortured their victims before executing them as well.

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Hutu militiamen started to do mouth exams to test claims of Hutu identity.

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Some Tutsis, after being identified, had the chance to buy a bullet that would kill them fast and easy, or choose to be tortured and die a slow and painful death.

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Almost 1 million Tutsis were killed in 100 days. It is extermination rather than murder because they are considered vermins rather than human beings.

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The United Nations tried to cover up the genocide while it was actually going on. The violence that occurred in Rwanda was classified as a civil war. It wasn’t classified as genocide until much later, and more people were being slaughtered. The perpetrators of the genocide also deny the fact that they did anything wrong.This is because they believed they were cleansing their country from  them.

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An american laywer was arrested due to denying the Rwandan genocide.

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After the genocide stopped, the corpses were covered in banana leaves. This was to hide the bodies from photographers. Also, Hutu killers fled from the country to avoid punishment.

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Hutus and Rwanda tried to hide the genocide

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Hutus and Rwanda tried to hide the genocide

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"In a meeting on 3 April 1995, almost a year to the day that the genocide began, the Hutu extremist leadership "rebranded" itself as the Rally for the Return of Democracy to Rwanda (RDR). The next day, thirteen senior Rwandan military commanders pledged their support for the new party. A primary aim was to convince the west that they were not a "bunch of killers" (a prescient phrase used by their most solid international backer, France's then president Francois Mitterrand). They were, instead, a "democratic" group - moderate, maligned and misunderstood - who truly represented the Rwandan people, and could again be entrusted with the running of a country that was rightfully theirs."

Rwanda rebranded itself after the genocide, they wanted to seem non-hostile so as to not be charged with genocide. They covered it up by changing their government to a democracy from a monarchy to seem more up to date, like modern countries such as the United States.

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They would say that it is not a genocide, rather it is a "civil war"