Write 3 paragraphs for reflection and should be do thefollowing:

1. In first paragraph, Summarize the article (attached below).(Don't plagiarism from article. Please use your own words tosummarize article below)
2. In second paragraph, Connect the article with one of those
\"culture is an integrated system\" or \"cultural anthropology\" or\"how environment can shape cultural adaptations\" or \"Ethnography\"or \"Cultural universals\". Be specific about the connections youmake.
3. In third paragraph, Include your own reflection on what you’veread/learned. What do you think about it?

Article Here: \"Changing Misconceptions AboutAfrican Bushmen\"
The Bushmen are an indigenous people in the southern part ofAfrica. There are more than 100,000 living in the countries ofBotswana, Namibia, South Africa and Angola. They have been livingon this land for tens of thousands of years, where they continue topractice their hunter-gatherer lifestyle. They are known to havegenetic ties to the earliest humans. However, because ofmisconceptions about African bushmen and their way of life, theyhave become targets of prejudice and mistreatment throughout thepast several decades. Due to these misconceptions, the Bushmen wereevicted from their land by the government of Botswana due to thediscovery of diamonds in their homeland. Their battle for freedomhas been long and arduous, and these misconceptions must bereversed in order for the Bushmen to move out of poverty and into amore free existence. The Borgen Project spoke to Jonathan Mazower,the communications director at Survival International, anorganization that has been working with the Bushmen since the1970s. When the government of Botswana began to evict the Bushmenfrom their land in the 1990s, Survival was able to step in andhelp. Mazower explained how Survival enabled “Bushman spokespeopleto travel abroad to speak out about the violation of their rights,launching tourism and diamonds boycotts, lobbying bodies such asthe U.N. and the EU.”

Bushmen Win Legal Rights to Their Land in Key Court Decision

The Bushmen’s case was taken to court in 2004. Against all odds,the Bushmen won. Mazower explained, “The judges ruled that thegovernment had illegally and unconstitutionally evicted the Bushmenfrom their ancestral land and that they had the right to return totheir homes and to hunt the game animals on which they rely for alivelihood. It was the first time that an African court recognizedthe concept of ‘native title.’ Since then, and despite governmentobstacles and intransigence, many Bushmen have returned to theirhomes in the reserve.” In 2006, the Bushmen began returning home, alandmark decision in terms of African legal systems that took placeafter years of campaigning and lobbying. Mazower spoke to thiswork: “Survival’s campaign has changed minds and attitudes bychallenging deep-seated prejudice against the Bushmen and theirhunter-gatherer way of life, and enabled their voice to be heardwithin Botswana and abroad. The media and society generally inBotswana held the Bushmen in contempt, influenced by thegovernment’s racist attitude to hunter-gatherers. There has been asea change in public opinion in Botswana which is now much moresupportive of the Bushmen and critical of the government’streatment of them.” After the initial ruling, with the help ofSurvival, the Bushmen won a second case regarding water rights ontheir land as well as a successful removal of the De Beers miningcompany from their land. A final discovery was made by SurvivalInternational, revealing that many Bushmen had been tortured andabused by wildlife scouts in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.Once this information was out, support for the Bushmen continued toincrease in southern Africa.

How Misconceptions About African Bushmen Harm Their Society

Even though the Bushmen have regained much of their freedom,there are still misconceptions surrounding bogging them down.Mazower detailed some of these: “Misconceptions, prejudice andracism led many to believe that the Bushmen and their communal wayof life based on hunting, gathering and sharing are ‘backwards’ and‘primitive.’ The government used this to justify the evictions andto force its ideas of development on them.” The Botswana governmentattempted to modernize these people under the misconception thatthey are primitive and ancient, but this modernization destroyedtheir spirits and ruined their way of life. Mazower spoke to thiscultural destruction: “People who were once free andself-sufficient, living meaningful lives of their choosing on theirland, turned to alcohol and became bored and depressed. They arenow exposed to diseases like TB and AIDS which were virtuallyunknown before.” An article on the Survival International websitediscusses how progress can kill. The article states, “Forcing‘development’ or ‘progress’ on tribal people does not make themhappier or healthier. In fact, the effects are disastrous. The mostimportant factor by far for tribal peoples’ well-being is whethertheir land rights are respected.” Common misconceptions aboutAfrican bushmen and other indigenous peoples are the reason whydevelopment or progress is forced. The question becomes: how canmisconceptions about African bushmen be reversed in order to helpthem be culturally independent? Mazower says, “By showing peoplewhat the Bushmen have to teach us. They are extraordinarilyresilient, and are the best conservationists. They have lookedafter the fauna and flora for millennia, and have immense botanicaland zoological knowledge which benefits us all… They can also showus how to live together as a community based on sharing andreciprocity–they are a great example of egalitarianism, wherewealth is not measured in possessions but rather what you give awayand share. They put the community before the individual, share andexchange possessions rather than amass personal wealth and embracegender equality.” This is how misconceptions about indigenouspeople like the Bushmen can change: by showing the world their truenature and how it can learn from them rather than the other wayaround. Mazower closed the interview on this thought: “Survival’swork is rooted in showing that the Bushmen, like all tribalpeoples, are contemporary peoples and are a vital part of humandiversity. Tribal peoples who control their own land are healthierwith a far better quality of life than tribes who’ve been evictedfrom their lands and had ‘development’ forced on them.”