Why isn't the Rwandan Genocide talked about like that? I know I said this would be my last thread, but I was just curious. You didn't really hear anything about that or the Armenian genocide this year.
So, This Year Is The 23rd Anniversary Of The "Rwandan Genocide"? (Why Is It Not Talked About?)
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aXiom
Maximized Potential
Out of sight, out of mind. You can't make people give a fukk.
Hoodoo Child
The Urban Legend
1) Many Brothas and Sistas are not well educated on the Rwandan Genocide (They don't teach it in our school system)
2) Alot of us (Black Americans) have this "Us vs Them" mentality in regards to our African brethren. (Unfortunately)
Sad, but true point you made. I think more AA's need to know what's going on with their diasporan/homeland brothas overseas.
African_brehda
Superstar
what's there to be said again? It's not even talked about here, no way anyone where you are is going to care. The country has moved on, I think 
BlackPrint
The Mayor
My understanding is that the current government (under Paul Kagame) practices a brand of Tutsi supremacy that's in line with colonial (Belgian, edit.) hegemoic governance, when they put the Tutsi's in power initially.
It's not talked about I guess because from a storybook perspective, the guys who got massacred went on to take back the country.. Now, they're abusing the hutus and perpetuating that same scorned-African-group-in-power bullshyt that created the 3-4 massacres that predated 1994.
It's not talked about I guess because from a storybook perspective, the guys who got massacred went on to take back the country.. Now, they're abusing the hutus and perpetuating that same scorned-African-group-in-power bullshyt that created the 3-4 massacres that predated 1994.
shadowking
All Star
This was horrific...remember giving a speech during a toast masters ceremony...was so vivid people thought I was actually there volunteering at the campsite
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
Shiit was unprecedented blatant massacre...genocide on acid.
It was some ancient world level shiit....
I remember staying up one night watching Nightline maybe a week or 2 into the genocide....and the river there was pure red with bloated bodies floating in it...... I had never seen anything like that in my young days or even up to today.
Like has been noted....I never heard a single adult ...black especially at that time ever mention it, if I can remember. Funny...never heard a single rapper allude to it except for Talib Kweli....this is why I look at AA media with such
.....it's so pasteurized and exclusive to this country and not responsive to the rest of the Diaspora.
The internet, of course has definitely changed that from the past..
It was some ancient world level shiit....
I remember staying up one night watching Nightline maybe a week or 2 into the genocide....and the river there was pure red with bloated bodies floating in it...... I had never seen anything like that in my young days or even up to today.
Like has been noted....I never heard a single adult ...black especially at that time ever mention it, if I can remember. Funny...never heard a single rapper allude to it except for Talib Kweli....this is why I look at AA media with such
.....it's so pasteurized and exclusive to this country and not responsive to the rest of the Diaspora.The internet, of course has definitely changed that from the past..
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BlackPrint
The Mayor
How President Paul Kagame crushed Rwanda’s free press
A few years ago there was a sister, I'm guessin she's a Hutu? She was getting alot of press as a representative for the government in exile (The hutu gov't that was toppled by Kagame's RPF.) she had strong support in the Hutu enclaves of the country and Kagame put her in jail for 15 years, she's still doing the time.. Quite a few white people are trying to free here, though.. So there's always a chance she'll see the outside.
Victoire Ingabire: Rwanda leader's jail term raised - BBC News
Keep in mind, Kagame was like 3rd or 4th in command of the ground forces that stopped the genocide.. He's lost generals and boyhood friends fighting block by block to retake his country.. I can't help but think those points weight heavily on him as he's presided over the last 17 years.You know them nikkas love them some president-for-life shyt.
With that said, it's common knowledge at this point that the threat of radicalized Hutus (Of which there are still thousands in neighboring countries, that's a whole other thing, though.) is considerably more immediate than the passive authoritarianism of a Kagame regime.. This is one of those situations where you just gotta look at the lesser of two evils, I beleive in that respect, Kagame offers a more progresssive Rwanda, and he's quite the statesmen, so that's good too.
I didn't mean for this post to be so long lol my bad my g.
So basically you're complaining about nothing? Is everyone responsible of reminding you of everything bad that ever happened 24/7?
