So, This Year Is The 23rd Anniversary Of The "Rwandan Genocide"? (Why Is It Not Talked About?)

[George's Dilemma]

The Holocaust and other catastrophic events have been discussed regularly.

I'd venture to say Turkey is the reason you don't hear to much about the Armenian situation. If memory serves me well, Obama painfully avoided raising the issue for fear of upsetting relations with Turkey. Now you have Trump in office who has publicly praised Turkey's dictator, so the Armenian genocide won't be mentioned anytime soon. Not to mention I can't think of any Armenian organizations with enough clout to press the issue. When I think Armenian, System of a Down and Armenian Power in Los Angeles comes to mind.


As far as Rwanda goes, it really goes without saying why that isn't discussed to much. I'm surprised a movie was made on the subject.

 

[SirReginald]

I'd venture to say Turkey is the reason you don't hear to much about the Armenian situation. If memory serves me well, Obama painfully avoided raising the issue for fear of upsetting relations with Turkey. Now you have Trump in office who has publicly praised Turkey's dictator, so the Armenian genocide won't be mentioned anytime soon. Not to mention I can't think of any Armenian organizations with enough clout to press the issue. When I think Armenian, System of a Down and Armenian Power in Los Angeles comes to mind.


As far as Rwanda goes, it really goes without saying why that isn't discussed to much. I'm surprised a movie was made on the subject.

True point. Also, we have an agreement with Turkey not to discuss the matter. Because we don't want to ruin relations with them However, kids in school need to know about these tragedies.

 

[SirReginald]

Almost none of the 20th century genocides are talked about, outside of the Holocaust.
How often do you hear about the Bosnian Genocide, Armenian Genocide, Cambodian Genocide, Indonesian Genocide, Kosovo, Iraq, etcc?

Rarely. Especially, the Cambodian Genocide that Kissinger caused/was apart of as SOS.

 

[EndDomination]

African countries need to learn how to build institutions that can function on their own, instead of building everything around one leader or a party. If somebody like Kagame leaves, you will have a period of instability and the system will have to be reorganized basically from scratch. I hope Kagame is focused on building sustainable institutions.

Why do you have so much disdain for your Hutu countrymen? It's been 23 years since the massacres and the country has moved on.

It takes far longer then 20 years for wounds inflicted at that level to heal.

 

[JadeB]

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[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

I remember reading the book titled “We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families” about the genocide. Crazy.

 

[EndDomination]

The Rwandan Genocide is honestly one of the most well-known genocides of the 20th century - things like the Cambodian Genocide and the Indonesian Genocide are virtually unknown in the US.

But the mass exposure of "African violence" in the late 20th century made it seem like it was extreme - but not too extreme. For those that were aware in the 80s and 90s - the Ethiopian civil war famine wiped out like 1,200,000 people, the Sudanese Civil War wiped out like 2,500,000 people and the Second Congo War wiped out like 5,000,000 people.

The white human rights media - and liberals - were divorced from the violence that their nation-state(s) had caused indirectly.

Edit: Just realized I commented on this thread a few years ago with essentially the same answer

 

[qwer]

The Rwandan Genocide is honestly one of the most well-known genocides of the 20th century - things like the Cambodian Genocide and the Indonesian Genocide are virtually unknown in the US.

But the mass exposure of "African violence" in the late 20th century made it seem like it was extreme - but not too extreme. For those that were aware in the 80s and 90s - the Ethiopian civil war famine wiped out like 1,200,000 people, the Sudanese Civil War wiped out like 2,500,000 people and the Second Congo War wiped out like 5,000,000 people.

The white human rights media - and liberals - were divorced from the violence that their nation-state(s) had caused indirectly.

Edit: Just realized I commented on this thread a few years ago with essentially the same answer

I think it’s because of the fact that it was the most efficient genocide 800k people died in a 100 days. And the fact that the Catholic Church has a huge hand on it. Also the fact that Hutu and Tutsis are literally the same tribe/ethnic group and you had husbands killing their wives and children. It’s so sad I went to the genocide museum in Rwanda it was one of the most saddest things I’ve ever witnessed. I saw 2 stuck up white woman go through the museum and start to cry. A lot of Rwandans converted from Christianity to Islam, because it was only Muslims that saved them, while the catholic priests allowed them to be murdered. It was probably one of the things that turned me Agnostic/Atheist