Genocide theory: the case of RwandaI think that the theory of social domination best explains the Rwandan conflict. According to Houghton (2009), within every society there is at least one dominant group and one subordinate group. In the Rwandan conflict, Tutsis were considered the dominant group while Hutus were considered the subordinate group. Although the Tutsis were a minority, they held more political power than the Hutus. The Tutsis held most of the power until 1994, when the Hutu president was assassinated. There have been constant tensions between the two ethnic groups due to the social dominance of the Tutsis over the Hutus. The height of tension occurred when President Juvénal Habyarimana, who was Hutu, was assassinated, sparking the start of a genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutu people. The Hutus, in my opinion, wanted to be in power – that is, the extremists wanted to be the socially dominant group – so they went to extremes to achieve this. According to Sidanius and Pratto (1999), it was the Hutus who conceived the plan to kill their president, not the Tutsis....