Rwanda Debate

The debate we had in class was somewhat of a learning experience for me. The groups who got to talk explained their role in the Rwandan genocide while still arguing a point, allowing for a more in-depth understanding of the situation as well as each individual group. I was disappointed that many groups did not get to talk or answer questions as much as they probably should have. The people seemed more focused on the groups that didn't do anything, rather than the groups who were actually directly involved with the genocide. It eventually got kind of annoying when someone would raise their hand, but nobody would call on them because they might bring up a good point, or argument. Everyone had something interesting and important to say, and some just didn't get a chance.

I thought a lot more people would make it simple and easily blame my group, the Interahamwe, the group that actually went around and were doing the killing. Turned out, almost everyone went further and thought about who was leading the Interahamwe, supplying and supporting the mass murder, and what/who caused this. the true answer obviously was not, and never will be, known because, to be honest, nobody was single handedly responsible for the one hundred day tragedy that happened. Every person played their part in allowing the genocide to occur.

Nobody likes not getting a final solution, and there are a lot of things left uncovered. One class period was not nearly long enough to have a real in-depth debate about this. There is just way too much that needs to be said about the situation.

Overall, I am glad that we got to do this debate, even though not everyone fully got their point/side across or explained.