There is many times in history when there was ethnically motivated violence. Some of those include, the Holocaust (the jews involved), and Richard Nixon. One of the most well known genocides in history would be the Rwandan Genocide (the Hutu’s and the Tutsi’s). The Rwandan Genocide caused fear to shape the identities of those around it because of violence, it caused the Tutsi’s to flea, and jealousy between the Hutu’s and the Tutsi’s.

Violence was a big part of fear shaping people’s identity in Rwanda. The Rwandan Genocide was mostly the ethnic group (Hutu’s) murdering and causing violence to the Tutsi’s. According to the article, “Under the cover of war, Hutu extremists launched their plans to destroy the entire Tutsi civilization population.” …show more content…
According to the reading, “ Tutsi and people suspected of being Tutsi were killed in their homes and as they tried to flee at roadblocks set up across the country in the genocide.” (United Human Rights Council) This caused fear to shape their identity because they were scared that they would get killed so the Tutsis fled and it showed they didn’t have any power over the other ethnicity group. According to the article, “ A Hutu revolution 1959 forced as many as 300,000 Tutsi’s to flee the country, making them an even smaller minority.” (History.com Staff) This also caused fear to shape people's identity because one, they were scared of being murdered and second, it’s shaping their identity there by making it smaller and leaving the others behind. According to the article, “...set up roadblocks and barricades and began slaughtering Tutsis and moderate Hutus with impunity.” (History.com Staff) This showed that the Hutus are pretty much killers and they didn’t want any of the Tutsi’s fleeing to another country. Because of this, jealousy was the main cause of the Hutu’s trying to kill the …show more content…
According to the article, ”Rwanda’s colonial period, during which the ruling Belgians favored the minority Tutsis over the Hutus, exacerbated the tendency of the few to oppress the many, creating a legacy of tension that exploded into violence even before Rwanda gained its independence.” (History.com Staff) This quote explains that the Hutu’s were obviously jealous of the Tutsi’s and they wanted to gain their independence. The only way they could of gotten rid of the Tutsi’s was to kill them. According to the article,” By early 1961, victorious Hutus had forced Rwanda’s Tutsi monarchy into exile and declared the country a republic.” (History.com Staff) This explains that the Hutu’s got their way and since they were scared/jealous of the Tutsi’s, it showed that they pretty much killed people just to get your