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Article:The Gods Must Be Racist


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"The documentary-style narration would have us believe that the San have always been untouched. But especially in the 20 years before Gods was produced the San had been forced to endure all the "benefits" of South Africa's apartheid policies in Namibia. They were constantly moved around, and forced to live in a small place called "Bushmanland," which was government-operated, with administrations running everything, even food."
"At one point in the movie we see Xi shooting his bow and arrow at a bunch of guerrilla fighters who seem to be led by a Cuban. The metaphor is all too blunt. The guerrillas represent SWAPO (Southwest African People's Organization) who were Namibian independence fighters at the time. Namibia at this time was still South Africa, and the South African government recruited the San to fight Namibians."

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