Are white people in Rwanda given more preferential treatment?

This might not just be an issue concentrated in Rwanda, this could be a continental issue even Asian countries deal with this too. However what I have noticed in Rwanda while visiting, is that white people do sometimes get treated better, even given extra help than other black people or Rwandese people.

I know that Rwanda is trying to encouraged more tourists to visit Rwanda, so the impression tourists get of the country and it’s people is important but that shouldn’t mean putting white people on a pedestal either in my opinion.

I guess it’s just disappointing to see. I’m Rwandese btw but grew up in the west, so I was always around white people, so I am used to being treated differently because of my race but I don’t expect any less from people there. However while I’m in Rwanda I thought the last thing I had to think about was being treated differently because of my race as well. Also because there are fewer white people there, it somehow makes it more noticeable when they are given preferential treatment compared to everyone else.

Again this is more of an issue in the whole of Africa but I truly hope someday even Rwanda learns to stop treating tourists, foreigners and white people better than their own people.