[lbo-talk] Re: Rwandan massacres not racist?

[Tahir Wood]

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.

Tahir: Racism rarely relies on skin colour? Are you serious?

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?

Tahir: I'm afraid I have no idea what a race is - I suspect they don't
exist at all. But seeing as white people are most often associated with
racism, I thought that it had something to do with black and white, i.e.
with colour.