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Ilsa

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4. Hutus called Tutsis "cockroaches" and then began an extermination

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Thu May 17, 2018, 06:21 PM

May 2018

program. Hartmann talked about this today. 500,000-1,000,000 were killed in this genocide in Rwanda.

The name-calling helped dehumanize the people for maximum violence.

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my grandfather was called non-human. my grandfather was called an animal. [View all] unblock May 2018 OP

Never again Maeve May 2018 #1

I knew immediately what you were referring to BigmanPigman May 2018 #2

Thank you for your post, unblock. sheshe2 May 2018 #3

Hutus called Tutsis "cockroaches" and then began an extermination Ilsa May 2018 #4

Dehumanization is the first step. Stonepounder May 2018 #5

My ancestors left earlier Cary May 2018 #6

What country was this? A friend tells a similar story about Ukraine. keithbvadu2 May 2018 #7

Austria after the Anschluss. They escaped to Belgium for a year, unblock May 2018 #9

My Dad grew up in SF and had neighbors in the western addition who were Japanese kimbutgar May 2018 #8

Kushner enid602 May 2018 #10

Well, they came to America and fell susceptible to the official ethos misanthrope May 2018 #11

My grandfather was deported. nt Kirk Lover May 2018 #12

a heartsick k and r niyad May 2018 #13