A displaced Rhodesian farmer still reveres settler politicians decades after losing power.

Evidence

Writing 27 years after the attainment of independence in 1980, it is quite revealing that Barker has not been able to put Rhodesia behind him. That this is the case is also evident in the manner in which he celebrates Rhodesian political figures such as Ian Smith whose “absolute sincerity and honesty” (Barker, 2007, p. 98) impressed Barker and his friends that “we joined his party soon after its inception” (Barker, 2007, p. 98) and “worked hard in Karoi to get [him] elected” (Barker, 2007, p. 98). The celebration that Barker reserves for Rhodesian politicians who were instrumental in suppressing the aspirations of black people for freedom contrasts sharply with his description of African freedom fighters as “terrorists” and “gooks” against whom he carried out patrols that earned him the Police Decoration for Gallantry (Barker, 2007, p. 143). — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists, 64

Categorization

• XREF: Directly serves the reader’s stated purpose: this is evidence a threatened-dominant settler group’s grievance/supremacist identity persisted decades after actual displacement, not dissolving. — connects to: White farmer memoirs undercut their own entitlement claims by clinging to Rhodesian supremacist discourse — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists:…, 82; White Zimbabwean authors write from a sustained Rhodesian supremacist mindset even after losing land — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists:…, 13; Some white expelled farmers still refuse to relinquish Rhodesian identity decades later. — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists:…, 64

Broader Connections

• Some white expelled farmers still refuse to relinquish Rhodesian identity decades later. #expands (0.88) — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists, 64
• White Zimbabwean authors write from a sustained Rhodesian supremacist mindset even after losing land #expands (0.80) — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists, 13
• White farmer memoirs undercut their own entitlement claims by clinging to Rhodesian supremacist discourse #expands (0.78) — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists, 82