Warm up: You have 6 minutes to do the following:

1. Turn in your economic development essay if you didn’t yesterday.

2. Complete your warm up on your own paper. DO NOT WRITE ON THE SHEET. YOU MAY WORK WITH ONE PARTNER. Use a dictionary if you don’t know the meaning of a word.

C No talking

H Raise your hand if you need help.

A Take notes, discuss video clips

M No walking

P Sit up, be quiet and learn!C

slaughter

murder

rape

bloodshed

hatred

destruction

genocide

Rwandathe death of innocence

Demographic Information

Rwanda

Map of Africa

Regional Map of Rwanda•Landlocked•90% of the people engaged in subsistence agriculture•Life expectancy—50 years

Genocide: 1994

Rwanda

When: April 1994

How Long: 100 days

How Many: almost 1,000,000 people

Methods: hacked to death with machetes and nail-studded clubs; killed with guns; beaten, tortured, abused and left to die, infected with HIV/Aids.

The Machete

Reason for GenocideHistoric conflict: Minority Tutsi (19%) versus Majority Hutus (80%)

For centuries, two groups lived comfortably—shared common language and intermarried

European Legacy: Originally under German control, but after WWI, Rwanda fell under Belgium control.

Reason for Genocide

European Legacy: Favored the minority Tutsi as “superior people” because of their lighter skinned more European appearance

The colonists believed that the Tutsi were natural rulers, so they put only Tutsis intopositions of authority and discriminated against Hutus and Twa.

The size of the nose and the color of the skin and eyes were factors that determined whether a person was classified as Hutu or Tutsi.

Reason for Start of Genocide

Hutu dictatorship took control upon independence

April 6, 1994: Hutu presidents of both Rwanda and Burundi killed in plane crash

Hutus suspect Tutsi involvement in crash and begin systematic killing of the Tutsi

Rwandan “Radio 10” directed fighting and inflamed hatred through statements such as “The graves are not yet full. Who will help us fill them?”

Interahamwe—Paid Warriors

Deliberately sent to kill far from their own homes

•Less likely to meet friends, neighbors or family so less inclined to show mercy or hesitancy during massacre.

United Nations Involvement

• “Monitoring” mandate • To intervene would have breached

the mandate• Majority of 2,500 peacekeeping

mission were withdrawn after 10 Belgian soldiers were killed.

United Nations Involvement

• Airlifts of European and Americans in Rwanda are undertaken. No Rwandans are rescued.

• In Mid-May—the UN votes to send 50 armored personnel carriers, but nothing is sent for almost a month—disagreement over cost of the deployment.

Genocide and the Economy

Rwanda

•Rwanda faces major economic difficulties

•Severe lack of educated and skilled professionals, individuals to run companies or government infrastructure.

• 70% of the population of Rwanda live below the poverty line.

Rwanda Today

•No more Hutu or Tutsi—only Rwandan•Do not want to forget, but do not want to repeat.

•Try to live in peace.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4966640n&tag=contentMain;contentBody

hope

reconciliation

justice

dignity

self-respecttrust

Hotel Rwanda

• Scene 4—what makes a Tutsi?

Hotel Rwanda

• Scene 6—”Cut the Tall Trees”

Hotel Rwanda

• Scene #--Peacekeepers not peacemakers.

Hotel Rwanda

• Scene 12—We think you’re dirt

Writing

• Think about a time you witnessed an injustice. Explain.

• Did you consider intervening to stop the injustice from happening?

• What influenced your decision for action or inaction?

• Would you react differently in the future?