Quantum Windbag
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Apparently it's quite honorable in some African cultures:
Kind of like calling a team the 'Redskins' honors the Indians.
lol
Damn, I knew somebody would say something stupid, but I had no idea it would be this stupid.
From the link to your picture.
The local Xhosa tribes called the Hogsback area Qabimbola (‘red clay on the face’ as this is where they obtained the clay for their face painting
“In all my guidebooks, it talks about traditional Xhosa face painting and shows people with white on their face. What does it mean?” He smiled and replied “Home-made sunscreen, of course” as if it were a silly question. Why HAD the guidebooks romanticized this simple custom? I could relate to needing sunscreen!
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