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To: Bridge Player who wrote (122686)	6/30/2005 6:59:31 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793895

Did the blacks in the country have the vote? Did they have representation in their government? Did they have freedom to own property, to have legal rights, to advance their personal situation? Hmmm. I think not. They rebelled and fought because they wanted those freedoms. Blacks in Rhodesia did in fact have the vote, but there was an an economic measure similar in effect to a poll tax which decimated their effective numbers. It was graded based on education & wealth. The more educated a black was, the less wealth he needed to achieve voting rights. So effectively, most any black with a college degree could vote, while a HS grad would need to be solidly middle class. IIRC, blacks had about 30% of the seats in parliament. Property & civil rights were excellent. The ability to advance personally most likely the best in Africa. Actual racial discrimination was largely illegal.