nocide in Rwanda could have been prevented. One example is that the Belgians should have never issued the identification cards to the Hutu and the Tutsi. Before the Belgians arrived in Rwanda, the Hutu and Tutsi lived among one another, married each other, and shared power. With the implementation of that Pass System, and also the specific racial classifications, the Hutu and Tutsi were forced to stick to with their own tribe and thus became much more ethnocentric. This is one of the areas in which the racism began.The genocide could also have been prevented if the Belgian government in Rwanda did not allow the Hutu to use violence against the Tutsi to maintain Hutu power. The Belgian troops led and stood by and watched as the Hutu killed the Tutsi in the massacres preceding the actual genocide.Another way in which the genocide could have been prevented was by eliminating the actions of the radio station, RTLM. The radio station could have done as the radio station in Burundi and promote calmness of its people upon hearing the news of the President’s plane being shot down. However, the Hutu extremists lost control and felt the need to implement their genocidal plan at once.The genocide in Rwanda could have also been substantially minimized. For instance, according to Gourevitch, the plan to eliminate the Tutsi was a genocide foretold. It was thoroughly scripted and thoroughly it announced, and the signs were laid plain on the surface. The announcements were also on the radio and in the newspapers. This was not a top-secret program that was coming forward. It was something that was really quite conspicuously announced. Because the genocide was so widely broadcasted, the United States could have brought their militia into Rwanda and stop the genocide altogether (along with the help of European allies as well). They would have had to intervene immediately according to the 1948 declaration of the Convention on the Preven...
