Whites have to earn the right to be considered Zimbabwean says Eddie Cross

Bulawayo South legislator and MDC-T senior official, Eddie Cross has said that he believes that many of his white colleagues are still racist and need to earn the right to be considered as Zimbabweans. In an interview with weekly publication, The Standard, Cross said:

In my political life I try to be honest and objective and I try to speak in the national interest rather than parochial interest. For that reason, I have found that groups with specific, rather than national interests often attack me. It was the same during the Rhodesian era. I joined the national struggle in 1975 while I was at the University of Zimbabwe and I felt that no whites were speaking on behalf of black rights,

I articulated what was unjust and for that reason I became ostracised. It was not pleasant. I was referred to by the Rhodesian Minister of Justice Lardemer Burke as a threat to society. I am not controversial but I am a realist and believe in speaking out the truth.

I believe whites have to earn the right to be considered Zimbabwean and I think many of my colleagues are still racist. I am part of the failed generation of whites, but the next generation of whites will be different and I foresee the transition in the next five years.

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