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Originally Posted by AlexMack
Generally...yes. But it gets more complex because tribes such as the Hutus and Tutsis (I apologize for using them so often, it's just an easy example) were the societies that beforehand, lived next to each other, basically peacefully. Now they've been told they need to merge their idealogies, cultures, ways of life etc. They barely like each other. But they live far away from the city so their jobs suck, they're very poor. The Tutsis are close to the city. They have the same inner turmoil within their new 'tribe' but their jobs are better, they have more money and opportunity for their family.
Etc. etc. this is coming from my head since it's been a couple of years since my class. Could be a little off.
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Disclaimers suck.
Bow out gracefully.
What you're saying is correct, in general, but again this is an issue of attention to details. Living peacefully side-by-side doesn't mean there weren't conflicts of any sort. It just means that conflicts did not turn into all-out wars until the people had some scarce resource to war over. Whenever that happened is up for debate (not in this thread, though) but it certainly increased once outsiders began colonizing.
I remember when I got fussed out by an Eritrean years ago for thinking she was Ethiopian. I mean, one country is smaller than the other but other than that...
I had no idea they were battling the way they are until a decade ago when I started hanging out with more Africans.