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Hotel Rwanda Blog Assignment

In the film, when the leutennant from the UN told Paul, the hotel manager that the whites would only help their own race and that they would be abandoned. That was completely necessary of him to tell Paul, because he would have been ready for the whites leaving.I found it quite horrible that the UN(who were SUPPOSED to help peace) abandoned the blacks, while the blacks deserved more than the whites to leave. The whites brought back a poodle and didnt even bother to bring at least ONE African with them. They must have been full of shame and regret to have left so many people there to be killed by the Hutu soldiers.
I completely agree with source A when it says, "The UN may save lives. But, ultimately, the future of Rwanda is in Rwandan hands." The UN have helped a bit, but when they abandoned the blacks, they made it worse than it was before. What these so-called "peace-keepers" have done is shameful.

Analyzing a political cartoon on Imperialism

When I see this picture, I notice that the continent itself is black, not green, or brown, but black. I then noticed that the footprint on the country is very strong and is white. I also noticed that it was a boot and not a foot.

The blackness of the continent symbolizes the race living there. It is also black because the white called it "The Dark Continent". The foot/boot print symbolizes the "white" settlers and what they have done to the continent. According to the political cartoon, the "white" people stamped on Africa, they made a mark. They made a mark that wont go away and has effected them greatly. The foot print is a boot which says that the foot print was made by white people because they are more likely to wear boots, unlike the native people in Africa. The dried land on the foot print could symbolize that the "white" have ruined their land, and have taken away the agriculture. This political cartoon makes a good point about what the "white" settlers have done to Africa.

I think it also has to do with the "White Man's Burden" and how the "white" people thought it was their duty to "help" the black people.