RE104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hotel Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Interahamwe
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Extermination of a specific group of people. Contempt: coloroso considers three genocides: armenian, jewish, Rwandan: gorilla in our midst video analogy for genocide. Hidden by war people focus on war and therefore don"t even hear about the genocide. Hiding the intent with rhetoric of war and conflict (p. Symbol of the failure of the international community to act. April 6 to july 19, 1994 hutu organizers played out well-planned, systematic attacks of tutsis and tutsi sympathizers: interhamwe = hutu paramilitary, genocidaires = those who killed. Around one million people were killed in this short time (cid:1) (cid:1) A model to help us think about: how genocide happens, what risks can lead to genocide, how to work toward preventing future genocides. Not a linear model (not absolute: demonstrates logic of the process, some stages may overlap, classification. Us and them thinking (ethnic, religious, racial, national distinctions) Giving symbols (like names) to them (which leads to dehumanization)
