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The Trump administration’s support for these claims, while stopping other new refugee arrivals, has inflamed uncomfortable conversations about how far racial reconciliation still has to go, three decades after the end of white minority rule.

The US president’s offer was a “godsend”, said Kyle, now a salesman working remotely for an overseas company: “I’ve got white children, they’re at the bottom of the hiring list here. So, there is no future for them. And the sad thing is they don’t even know what apartheid is.”

White Afrikaner governments racially segregated every aspect of life from relationships to where people were allowed to live during apartheid, repressing South Africa’s Black majority while keeping the white minority safe and much better off.

South Africa remains deeply unequal, more than 30 years since the system ended. The black South African unemployment rate is 46.1%, for example, compared with 9.2% for white people.

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[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

When a major political party has rallies with chants such as “shoot to kill, kill the Boer, kill the farmer”…

I’d say refugee status is appropriate.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/08/04/what-to-know-about-south-africas-kill-the-boer-chant-as-elon-musk-sounds-alarm/

[–] ProfHillbilly@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

Fuck me I don't want these fuckers here.

[–] CBYX@feddit.org 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

We have got to revoke their refugee status after this administration. This isn't remotely valid claims.

[–] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

If there even is an "after this administration", that is. I have my doubts tbh..

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago

Non-whites have 4x the employment rate and whites are whining about not being on hiring lists? And are they aware that Trump was partially elected because of people here not wanting them competing for same jobs?

What a mess we've made of our species

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 76 points 10 hours ago

I’ve got white children, they’re at the bottom of the hiring list here. So, there is no future for them. And the sad thing is they don’t even know what apartheid is.

If your children are old enough to work, and they don't even know about your country's most pressing issue that only ended like 30 years ago, then no wonder they're at the bottom of the hiring list.

They're ignorant fucks! Lol

[–] PsychoNaut@lemmy.ml 52 points 10 hours ago

“I’ve got white children, they’re at the bottom of the hiring list here. So, there is no future for them. And the sad thing is they don’t even know what apartheid is.”

Maybe you should educate them about history and then there can be a move towards reconciliation that’s helps reduce racial violence?

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 20 points 9 hours ago

We don’t need more Nazis

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

they are orange

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 25 points 11 hours ago

Trump's main minion Elon is behind these whispers into Trump's ear about his bringing over his "ilk".

[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Who's land will they be stealing? All the land in America is already stolen by other White people.

[–] catbum@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

S0uth Dak0ta's.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Is there a slur for white South Africans or do I need to make one?

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 24 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Any bets on how quickly these folks are fast tracked to Green Card status?

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 11 hours ago

Knowing him he'll probably allow them to get on that "Gold Card" track without the money as a show of "combating the horrible racial injustice" in South Africa.

Every accusation is a confession after all. So it would be very on brand for them to fast track granting these people status that allows them to vote so now they'll be the ones with the "millions of illegals voting" for them.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago

Owen Wilson is looking rough these days.