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Violence Within Cultures • Give an example of groups of very similar people driven to hurt or kill others of the same race, ethnicity and belief systems. • This Culture Clash – with political, psychological instigators. What do Sociologists look for in studying other cultures? • Sociologists study the way people learn about their own society’s cultures and how they discover their place within those cultures. • They also examine the ways in which people from differing cultures interact and sometimes clash—and how mutual understanding and respect might be reached. Examples of Same Culture/Ethnicity committing Genocide • Dirty War: Argentina in the 70’s • Cambodia: Khmer Rouge 70’s to 80’s • Rwanda: Hutu Genocide of Tutsi’s 1994 History of Rwandan Conflict What is the cause of the conflict between the Hutus & Tutsis in Rwanda • The longstanding conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi has nothing to do with language or religion -- they speak the same Bantu tongues as well as French, and generally practice Christianity . • Many geneticists have been hard-pressed to find marked ethnic differences between the two, though the Tutsi have generally been noted to be taller. • Many believe that German and Belgian colonizers tried to find differences between the Hutu and Tutsi in order to better categorize native peoples in their censuses. • Generally, the Hutu-Tutsi strife stems from class warfare, with the Tutsis perceived to have greater wealth and social status • On April 6, 1994, the Hutu president of Rwanda,, was assassinated when his plane was shot down near Kigali International Airport. The current Hutu president of Burundi was also killed in the attack. • This sparked the well-organized extermination of Tutsis by Hutu militias, The blame was aimed at the Tutsi rebels – but in reality was intiated by Hutu Rebels for a reason to start a massacre of Tutsi’s. Sexual violence against Tutsi women was also widespread, and the United Nations only conceded that "acts of genocide" had likely happened after an estimated half-million Rwandans had already been killed. Hotel Rwanda