Question
How did European colonization and racial classification policies contribute to long-term ethnic tensions in Rwanda, ultimately leading to the 1994 genocide?
A.By promoting equality between the Hutu and Tutsi, ensuring both groups had equal access to education and government positions.
B.By favoring the Tutsi minority, granting them political power and privileges, while systematically oppressing the Hutu majority, fostering resentment.
C.By encouraging peaceful coexistence between the Hutu and Tutsi through shared governance and economic opportunities.
D.By enforcing strict racial segregation policies that completely separated Hutu and Tutsi communities, preventing any interaction between the groups.
A.By promoting equality between the Hutu and Tutsi, ensuring both groups had equal access to education and government positions.
B.By favoring the Tutsi minority, granting them political power and privileges, while systematically oppressing the Hutu majority, fostering resentment.
C.By encouraging peaceful coexistence between the Hutu and Tutsi through shared governance and economic opportunities.
D.By enforcing strict racial segregation policies that completely separated Hutu and Tutsi communities, preventing any interaction between the groups.
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B. By favoring the Tutsi minority, granting them political power and privileges, while systematically oppressing the Hutu majority, fostering resentment.
European colonization, particularly by the Belgians, implemented a system of racial classification that privileged the Tutsi minority over the Hutu majority. This favoritism included granting Tutsis access to education, political positions, and economic opportunities, while the Hutus faced marginalization and oppression. This created deep-seated resentment among the Hutu population, which was exacerbated by colonial policies and social divisions. The injustices of these policies contributed to significant ethnic tensions that culminated in the 1994 genocide, as Hutu extremists sought to eliminate the Tutsi population and reclaim power.
European colonization, particularly by the Belgians, implemented a system of racial classification that privileged the Tutsi minority over the Hutu majority. This favoritism included granting Tutsis access to education, political positions, and economic opportunities, while the Hutus faced marginalization and oppression. This created deep-seated resentment among the Hutu population, which was exacerbated by colonial policies and social divisions. The injustices of these policies contributed to significant ethnic tensions that culminated in the 1994 genocide, as Hutu extremists sought to eliminate the Tutsi population and reclaim power.