White Rhodesian memoirs recast Black land reclamation as incomprehensible criminality lacking popular support
Evidence
The onslaught that black Zimbabweans are portrayed mounting on the “paradise” that Barker labored to create over years of sustained commitment demonstrates what the author perceives as the definitive trait of black people: discomfiture with civilized standards. The emphasis that he applies on landhungry black Zimbabweans as hired thugs and rented crowds depicts land reclamation in Zimbabwe as an undertaking that lacked popular support. — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists, 80
Categorization
- XREF: For the reader’s test: the displaced author narrates his own dispossession as irrational Black violence, mapping grievance onto dehumanization rather than onto any political program — supports the ‘regimes of truth about race’ thread. — connects to: White Zimbabwean memoirs contest land loss via colonial-era ideology. — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists:…, 4; 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; White Rhodesian memoirs narrate the liberation war so as to erase black military efficacy — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists:…, 67 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Rhodesian memoirism erases 90 years of black land hunger as legitimate motive
#expands(0.92) — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists, 80 - Harrison’s memoir frames Rhodesian land acquisition as earned by white work ethic
#exemplifies(0.88) — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists, 48 - Whiteness severs victims from land claims and legitimates ownership
#expands(0.82) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 906