17 Mar 21
The post that was quoted here has been removedIt is pretty rich to act as if the fact that not every single white person fled Zimbabwe is a credit to Robert Mugabe.
That would be like suggesting that North Korea is completely fair to the Christians there -- after all, there are some suffering Christians still present, who have not completely abandoned their homes and faced uncertainty.
I wonder how Duchess64, who claims to be pro-Palestinian, would feel if the presence of Arabs among Israelis was taken as evidence of the non-racism of Israeli policies -- an argument frequently trotted out.
17 Mar 21
The post that was quoted here has been removedIf white Americans in positions of power in America in the 1950s hated all black people simply for being black, surely they would have persecuted all black people and not spared any in America, right?
Perhaps white people only take aim at some black Americans who they view as backwards and uncooperative with national projects...
Of course, that is absolutely absurd of anyone to say, because we are to understand laws which targeted entire demographics were racist and discriminatory, as I am sure yuo would agree is the case in America.
Mugabe targeted specific regions and attempted to remove all white commercial farmers because he believed that any white presence was illegitimate:
“We told (former British premier) Tony Blair to keep his England and we keep our Zimbabwe because land is our heritage. We have discovered that in Mashonaland East province alone where Ray Kaukonde was the resident minister, there are 73 white commercial farmers who are still occupying some farms when our people do not have land,” said Mugabe speaking in the local Shona language.
http://henrileriche.com/exclusive-mugabe-to-kick-out-all-remaining-white-farmers-says-zimbabweans-need-land/