The Rhodesian military was largely segregated but there were exceptions, of sort. Elaine Windrich has shown as much in her seminal work The Mass Media in the Struggle for Zimbabwe, so take pictures you see with a pinch of salt, unless they are private photos in which case they are usually of the BSAP or Selous Scouts. I need to point out quickly though that an awful lot of the pictures put out by the Rhodesian state showing racial cooperation were staged to try and ease the image within the international community of Rhodesia as a heavily segregated state. First of all, I wrote a really long answer a few days ago on the question of racial discrimination in Southern Rhodesia, but I didn't really go too far into the issue of race within the security forces, so now seems a good chance.
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