omnu
Wednesday, May 7th, 2003, 03:37 AM
"The colonizers were convinced that the Tutsis were of different genetic stock
than the Hutu. The Tutsi were considered 'Hamites' which means 'superior race'
or 'Europeans under black skin'. Dr. J. Sasserath, a Belgian, described them as
being "1.90 meters tall. They are slim. They have straight noses, high
foreheads,
thin lips. The Hamites seem distant, reserved, polite and refined." Europeans
were attracted to the Tutsi because of their Aryan features. They had the
'appropriate' physical attributes as well as the upper hand in the economic
realm. The Hutu people on the other hand were just the plain Negroes. They were
the Bantu
people, who the Europeans soon stereotyped as being members of another human
species who played nothing but the serfs in society. Dr. Sasserath described
the Hutu/Bantu people as this; "The rest of the population is Bantu...
possessing all the characteristics of the Negro: flat noses, thick lips, low
foreheads, brachycephalic skulls. They are like children, shy, lazy and usually
dirty."
than the Hutu. The Tutsi were considered 'Hamites' which means 'superior race'
or 'Europeans under black skin'. Dr. J. Sasserath, a Belgian, described them as
being "1.90 meters tall. They are slim. They have straight noses, high
foreheads,
thin lips. The Hamites seem distant, reserved, polite and refined." Europeans
were attracted to the Tutsi because of their Aryan features. They had the
'appropriate' physical attributes as well as the upper hand in the economic
realm. The Hutu people on the other hand were just the plain Negroes. They were
the Bantu
people, who the Europeans soon stereotyped as being members of another human
species who played nothing but the serfs in society. Dr. Sasserath described
the Hutu/Bantu people as this; "The rest of the population is Bantu...
possessing all the characteristics of the Negro: flat noses, thick lips, low
foreheads, brachycephalic skulls. They are like children, shy, lazy and usually
dirty."