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https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.18014
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2013
ii, 82 p. : ill
Masters Thesis
Academic theses
Text
Zimbabwe--Race relations.
African Studies
Regional Studies
Spirituality
collective responsibility
oppression
Rhodesia
Africa, Southern
Whiteness
Zimbabwe
Whites--Race identity--Zimbabwe--History.
Whites
Whites--Zimbabwe--History.
Whites
eng
Nielsen, Karen
Quan, H.L.T.
Elenes, C
Simmons, William
Arizona State University
Partial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2013
Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-82)
Field of study: Social justice and human rights
Cecil Rhodes said, "I would annex the planets if I could." This attitude epitomized the views of the white people who colonized Zimbabwe starting in 1890, and thus society was built on the doctrines of discovery, expansion, and subjugation and marginalization of the Native people. For white Zimbabweans in then-Rhodesia the institutionalization of racism privileged their bodies above all others and thus they were collectively responsible for the oppression of black people through white complacency in allowing that system to exist and active involvement in its formation. For my family, who has a four-hundred year history in Southern Africa, coming to this realization - this critical consciousness of their positionality as oppressor - has been a difficult road. Through their struggle made evident is the potential for change for both individuals and nations fighting to overcome the effects of colonization
A legacy of oppressing: whiteness and collective responsibility for Black oppression in Zimbabwe