Item 141 - "Clear off! Can't you see this is white land?"

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LDG/1/1/141

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"Clear off! Can't you see this is white land?"

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  • [c1980s] (Creation)

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A white man [Ian Smith] is in the centre of the image, holding a can on white paint labelled 'Salisbury White'. He is brandishing a paintbrush that drips white paint. He is standing on grass that has been painted white. Another white man can be seen in the background who is painting a tree white. Sitting opposite the first man, on unpainted grass, are four black people, 2 men and a woman with a child in her lap. The are looking up at the white man brandishing the paint brush.There is something tipexed out at the back of the image, perhaps a white fence.

[The image may reference Land distribution in Rhodesia].

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