Summary

Trump issued an executive order directing U.S. officials to prioritize refugee resettlement for Afrikaners, a White South African ethnic group.

He claimed they face racial discrimination under South Africa’s land-reform law, a claim the South African government denies.

The order also suspends U.S. aid to South Africa, affecting programs like PEPFAR, which combats HIV/AIDS.

He also cited South Africa’s legal action against Israel at the International Court of Justice as a sign of hostility toward the U.S.

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    The way white refugees are treated compared to brown ones is all you need to know to be radicalised against borders.

    Ukrainians I get. They’re legitimately victims of a horrible war. But now the freaking Afrikaners are being invited? For what? Being told you don’t get to keep the land your Nazi grandpa stole?

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    Interesting that the “quality” of the refugee suddenly doesn’t matter if they’re white.

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    12 hours ago

    As a South African with Afrikaans heritage… please leave me alone.

    I don’t want to be in Trump’s sights for whatever reason.

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    15 hours ago

    Pretty sure it was President Musk who wrote this order, but OK.

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    He claimed they face racial discrimination under South Africa’s land-reform law

    “We are attempting to undo the hundreds of years of damage caused by racist white European colonizers”

    The racists: “That’s racist.”

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    Hey America, you REALLY don’t want those Boers. That said, a sizable majority in South Africa might want to get rid of them. Be careful what you wish for…

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    Duck chasing Musk with a knife: how did those white people get there in the first place, motherfucker?

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    Really just turning the clock back a hundred years on immigration policy.

    It’s going to be a long… however long this is… to live through. For those of us who live through it, at least.

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          I’ve had enough good news. I’m going to leave without my family because I’m the only minority that can’t pass for white and no one is helping me 😉

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    What a very non-rasist thing to do, turns out all those conservatives that told me that Trump isn’t racist were right after all.