How is contrast used in ?Two Scavengers in a truck, Two Beautiful people in a Mercedes', compared to the use of contrast in ?Nothing's Changed'?

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The poem shows how the two couples are linked in society, yet so distanced because of their social status. ?Nothing's Changed' is an account of a man returning to Cape Town's District Six, where he grew up. Apartheid was happening then, and the poem is all about how nothing has changed...
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Apartheid was happening then, and the poem is all about how nothing has changed. It is about racism, and how ?whites', ?blacks', and ?coloureds' were separated in the city. It mentions how "no board says it is (only one race)", but everyone knows that only certain people are allowed in...
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