[lbo-talk] Rwandan massacres not racist?

[Gary?]

From: "Grant Lee"
> There have been comments in a couple of threads recently to the effect
that
> the Rwandan mass killings was  not "racist". I don't really understand how
> such statements can be justified. The only reason I can perceive for such
> comments would be that both the Tutsis and Hutus were black Africans. But
> racism _rarely_ relies on something as overt as difference in skin colour.
> They were and are different ethnic groups and that is all it takes for
> racist ideology and for violence to occur. Perhaps I'm missing something?
>
exactly , 800,000 people died in Rwanda whilst the US played with the
semantics of 'acts of genocide' as opposed to Genocide which is supposed to
activate immediate action, so holding up intervention. A double dose of
racism.

Gary?
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