Originally Posted by
dunketh
I think its simply an unfortunate use of words.
What they should have said is "Skilled farmers have been displaced, and replaced with un-skilled workers"
The fact one lot were black, and another white is irrelevent from a purely economic viewpoint.
The morale viewpoint is entirely different, yes, white 'settlers/invaders' stole native land.
However, this argument has to take a back seat for the time being, the more important isssue at the moment being the supply of food, goods, trade etc.. Its no good taking a stand for your particular race when your children are starving and your own government corrupt.
Once the country is stable then they can look at making reparations to natives and the like, much the same as they're trying to do in New Zealand with the Maoris.
Anyway, thats my 10p worth as a non-minority english fella - so granted, pretty distanced from it all.
Its NOT an unfortunate choice of words IMHO its the correct choice of words as that is what happened!
Mugabe didnt choose to replace skilled farmers with unskilled ones, he choose to replace white one with black ones, thats the whole problem that decision had utterly fuck all to do with if they were skillled or not and was entirely a racial decision by him as a way to gain yet more power for him and his supporters and fuck wether it means millions of his peopel starve or not cause that doesnt register on his agenda.