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Corrective rape and violence against lesbians in South Africa : Comments

By Kate Walton, published 20/9/2011

‘You think you’re a man, but I’m going to show you you’re a woman.'

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*There might be a culture of violence and rape in South Africa now, but it does not reflect the 'culture' of thousands of years of African settlement in the region.*

David, somehow I get the impression that perhaps you are not too
well informed about "African culture"

Redmond O'Hanlon wrote a great book called "No Mercy" about his
travels through the Congo and what he came across, it makes
for interesting reading.

Most white folk have no idea of the role that superstition, witch
doctors etc, play in African culture. But when people are sentenced
to 7 days jail for murder or the Bantu are debating wether the
pygmies are actually human or not and should or should not be
eaten the same as bush meat, the list goes on, it eventually
becomes clear that trying to enforce our culture on them overnight,
is not likely to be that successfull and no, you can't blame the
white man for all these cultural practises.
Posted by Yabby, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 12:36:05 PM
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1. The Congo isn't South Africa.

2. Africa is made up of many different African peoples and cultures.
Posted by David Jennings, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 1:06:41 PM
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David, you did mention thousands of years of culture in the region
and if you check your history, you'll find that the Bantu tribes
which are in South Africa today, originated in Central Africa
and took over the land of the Hottentots and Bushmen.

So my point remains.
Posted by Yabby, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 1:40:58 PM
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What about the Khosian people? The Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, and Ndebele peoples? Are you saying that 'corrective rape' was a part of their culture? Where is the evidence for that?
Posted by David Jennings, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 2:25:21 PM
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David,
If you knew anything of history you'd know that Black Africans arrived in South Africa at roughly the same time as Whites, there are no "Thousands of years of history" and no disposession, they fought wars over posession of the land but both were immigrants.If you knew anything about the latest archaeological and genetic studies you'd know that there has been no evidence found for continuity between ancient and modern African populations, nobody knows how long the San and Khoi Khoi were there before the Blacks and Whites arrived and the "Black" Africans have only been around as a race for 6-10,000 years (at the most).
Your political views on race are not backed by facts.
Posted by Jay Of Melbourne, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 6:32:28 PM
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Whites were in South Africa 170,000 years ago?

My opinions are backed up with facts from Wikipedia. I dare you to come up with a more authoritative source Jay.

I have no opinion on race other than that everybody should intermarry.
Posted by David Jennings, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 6:58:01 PM
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