Rosenbaum compares the Rwandan Genocide to the Holocaust. The genocide was aimed against the Tutsi minority population in Rwanda by the Hutu majority. Initially, ancient tribal hatred between the Tutsi and the Hutu was given as the reason for the genocide, but upon further investigation the origin can be found in colonial Rwanda when the Tutsi achieved a better socio-economic standing compared to the Hutu. The European colonial powers deemed the Tutsi to be the superior "Hamite" race and the Hutu to be from the lowly "Bantu". This created hatred between the two groups. Population wise the Tutsi were the minority as were the Jewish people in Nazi Germany.
Was the Rwandan Genocide both socio-economic and racial in nature?
What influence did European Colonial powers have in Rwanda?
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