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49 white farmers from South Africa who are being granted refugee status

Refugee status for white South Africans: First group lands in US

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 US-funded flight carrying the first group of 49 white South Africans has landed in Washington where the Trump administration is to grant them refugee status.

President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country's Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of "racial discrimination".

South African government has denied this saying any allegations of persecution would not meet the threshold required under "refugee law".

Immigrant rights activists have criticised the fast-track refugee initiative, describing it as "unfair" for the "most vulnerable". The Trump administration has halted almost all refugee admissions including those coming from countries at war.

 
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Skin colour of South African farmers "makes no difference" to Trump

The current group of white South African refugees, who landed in Washington DC on Monday, were given a warm welcome by US authorities at the airport.

Some held young children and waved small American flags in the arrival area adorned with red, white and blue balloons on the walls.

Usually the processing of refugees in the US takes months, even years, but this group has been fast tracked. UNHCR - the United Nations refugee agency - confirmed to the BBC they weren't involved in the vetting, as is usually the case.

Asked directly on Monday why Afrikaners' refugee applications had been expedited compared to other groups, Trump said a "genocide" was taking place and that "white farmers" specifically were being targeted.

"Farmers are being killed, they happen to be white, but whether they're white or black makes no difference to me."

The US has criticised domestic South African policy, accusing the government of seizing land from white farmers without any compensation - something which the southern African nation says has not happened.

In January President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a controversial law which allows the government to seize privately owned land without compensation in certain circumstances, when it is deemed "equitable and in the public interest".

There had been anger in South Africa over the slow pace of land reform in the three decades since the end of the racist apartheid system.

White South Africans make up just 7.3% of the population, but own the vast majority of privately held farmland, according to a 2017 government report.

One of Trump's closest advisers, South African-born Elon Musk, has previously said there was a "genocide of white people" in South Africa and accused the government of passing "racist ownership laws".

The claims of a genocide of white people have been widely discredited.

On Monday, Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen described the resettlement as "baffling" given the "indefinite suspension for thousands of legitimate asylum seekers" from other countries.

In a statement sent to the BBC, Rep Gregory Meeks, ranking Democratic member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the Trump administration's apparent double-standard for refugees was "not just a racist dog whistle, it's a politically motivated rewrite of history".

"Refugee policy should protect the vulnerable, not serve an extremist agenda," he said.

Melissa Keaney, a lawyer with the International Refugee Assistance project, said the White House's decision to fast-track the South Afrikaners arrival represented "unfairness on so many levels".

"How are they even being admitted, if all refugees are suspended currently," she asked, referring to Trump's executive order in January that indefinitely suspended its US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).

Ms Keaney's organisation is suing the administration for its suspension of USRAP. She described the decision as a sudden manoeuver that has left over 120,000 conditionally approved refugees in limbo.

"The speed at which that (the Afrikaners) were processed is remarkable and unprecedented, and required, I think, a lot of sort of bending rules by the State Department and changing procedure," she told the BBC.

"There's just a lot of hypocrisy and unequal treatment obviously happening between every other refugee and the refugees that they're processing through Pretoria," Ms Keaney said.

Afrikaner author Max du Preez told the BBC's Newsday radio programme that claims of persecution of white South Africans were a "total absurdity" and "based on nothing".

Figures from the South African police show that in 2024, 44 murders were recorded on farms and smaller plots of agricultural land, with eight of those killed being farmers.

South Africa does not report on crime statistics broken down by race but a majority of the country's farmers are white, while other people living on farms, such as workers, are mostly black.

Bilateral relations between the US and South Africa have been strained for some time as President Trump tasked his administration with formulating plans to potentially resettle Afrikaners, a group with mostly Dutch ancestry, in the US.

In March, South Africa's ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, was expelled after accusing President Trump of using "white victimhood as a dog whistle", leading to the US accusing Mr Rasool of "race-baiting".

The US has also criticised South Africa for taking an "aggressive" position against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where Pretoria has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of genocide against Palestinians - a claim which the Israelis strongly reject.

President Trump's openness to accepting Afrikaner refugees comes as the US has engaged in a wider crackdown on migrants and asylum seekers from other countries.

Additional reporting by Khanyisile Ngcobo in Johannesburg, Nomia Iqbal & Cai Pigliucci in Washington DC

 

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17 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

49 white farmers from South Africa who are being granted refugee status

Refugee status for white South Africans: First group lands in US

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 US-funded flight carrying the first group of 49 white South Africans has landed in Washington where the Trump administration is to grant them refugee status.

President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country's Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of "racial discrimination".

South African government has denied this saying any allegations of persecution would not meet the threshold required under "refugee law".

Immigrant rights activists have criticised the fast-track refugee initiative, describing it as "unfair" for the "most vulnerable". The Trump administration has halted almost all refugee admissions including those coming from countries at war.

 
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Skin colour of South African farmers "makes no difference" to Trump

The current group of white South African refugees, who landed in Washington DC on Monday, were given a warm welcome by US authorities at the airport.

Some held young children and waved small American flags in the arrival area adorned with red, white and blue balloons on the walls.

Usually the processing of refugees in the US takes months, even years, but this group has been fast tracked. UNHCR - the United Nations refugee agency - confirmed to the BBC they weren't involved in the vetting, as is usually the case.

Asked directly on Monday why Afrikaners' refugee applications had been expedited compared to other groups, Trump said a "genocide" was taking place and that "white farmers" specifically were being targeted.

"Farmers are being killed, they happen to be white, but whether they're white or black makes no difference to me."

The US has criticised domestic South African policy, accusing the government of seizing land from white farmers without any compensation - something which the southern African nation says has not happened.

In January President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a controversial law which allows the government to seize privately owned land without compensation in certain circumstances, when it is deemed "equitable and in the public interest".

There had been anger in South Africa over the slow pace of land reform in the three decades since the end of the racist apartheid system.

White South Africans make up just 7.3% of the population, but own the vast majority of privately held farmland, according to a 2017 government report.

One of Trump's closest advisers, South African-born Elon Musk, has previously said there was a "genocide of white people" in South Africa and accused the government of passing "racist ownership laws".

The claims of a genocide of white people have been widely discredited.

On Monday, Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen described the resettlement as "baffling" given the "indefinite suspension for thousands of legitimate asylum seekers" from other countries.

In a statement sent to the BBC, Rep Gregory Meeks, ranking Democratic member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the Trump administration's apparent double-standard for refugees was "not just a racist dog whistle, it's a politically motivated rewrite of history".

"Refugee policy should protect the vulnerable, not serve an extremist agenda," he said.

Melissa Keaney, a lawyer with the International Refugee Assistance project, said the White House's decision to fast-track the South Afrikaners arrival represented "unfairness on so many levels".

"How are they even being admitted, if all refugees are suspended currently," she asked, referring to Trump's executive order in January that indefinitely suspended its US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).

Ms Keaney's organisation is suing the administration for its suspension of USRAP. She described the decision as a sudden manoeuver that has left over 120,000 conditionally approved refugees in limbo.

"The speed at which that (the Afrikaners) were processed is remarkable and unprecedented, and required, I think, a lot of sort of bending rules by the State Department and changing procedure," she told the BBC.

"There's just a lot of hypocrisy and unequal treatment obviously happening between every other refugee and the refugees that they're processing through Pretoria," Ms Keaney said.

Afrikaner author Max du Preez told the BBC's Newsday radio programme that claims of persecution of white South Africans were a "total absurdity" and "based on nothing".

Figures from the South African police show that in 2024, 44 murders were recorded on farms and smaller plots of agricultural land, with eight of those killed being farmers.

South Africa does not report on crime statistics broken down by race but a majority of the country's farmers are white, while other people living on farms, such as workers, are mostly black.

Bilateral relations between the US and South Africa have been strained for some time as President Trump tasked his administration with formulating plans to potentially resettle Afrikaners, a group with mostly Dutch ancestry, in the US.

In March, South Africa's ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, was expelled after accusing President Trump of using "white victimhood as a dog whistle", leading to the US accusing Mr Rasool of "race-baiting".

The US has also criticised South Africa for taking an "aggressive" position against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where Pretoria has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of genocide against Palestinians - a claim which the Israelis strongly reject.

President Trump's openness to accepting Afrikaner refugees comes as the US has engaged in a wider crackdown on migrants and asylum seekers from other countries.

Additional reporting by Khanyisile Ngcobo in Johannesburg, Nomia Iqbal & Cai Pigliucci in Washington DC

 

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Asked directly on Monday why Afrikaners' refugee applications had been expedited compared with other groups, Trump said a "genocide" was taking place and that "white farmers" specifically were being targeted.

"Farmers are being killed, they happen to be white, but whether they're white or black makes no difference to me."

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4 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

49 white farmers from South Africa who are being granted refugee status

Refugee status for white South Africans: First group lands in US

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 US-funded flight carrying the first group of 49 white South Africans has landed in Washington where the Trump administration is to grant them refugee status.

President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country's Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of "racial discrimination".

South African government has denied this saying any allegations of persecution would not meet the threshold required under "refugee law".

Immigrant rights activists have criticised the fast-track refugee initiative, describing it as "unfair" for the "most vulnerable". The Trump administration has halted almost all refugee admissions including those coming from countries at war.

 
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Skin colour of South African farmers "makes no difference" to Trump

The current group of white South African refugees, who landed in Washington DC on Monday, were given a warm welcome by US authorities at the airport.

Some held young children and waved small American flags in the arrival area adorned with red, white and blue balloons on the walls.

Usually the processing of refugees in the US takes months, even years, but this group has been fast tracked. UNHCR - the United Nations refugee agency - confirmed to the BBC they weren't involved in the vetting, as is usually the case.

Asked directly on Monday why Afrikaners' refugee applications had been expedited compared to other groups, Trump said a "genocide" was taking place and that "white farmers" specifically were being targeted.

"Farmers are being killed, they happen to be white, but whether they're white or black makes no difference to me."

The US has criticised domestic South African policy, accusing the government of seizing land from white farmers without any compensation - something which the southern African nation says has not happened.

In January President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a controversial law which allows the government to seize privately owned land without compensation in certain circumstances, when it is deemed "equitable and in the public interest".

There had been anger in South Africa over the slow pace of land reform in the three decades since the end of the racist apartheid system.

White South Africans make up just 7.3% of the population, but own the vast majority of privately held farmland, according to a 2017 government report.

One of Trump's closest advisers, South African-born Elon Musk, has previously said there was a "genocide of white people" in South Africa and accused the government of passing "racist ownership laws".

The claims of a genocide of white people have been widely discredited.

On Monday, Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen described the resettlement as "baffling" given the "indefinite suspension for thousands of legitimate asylum seekers" from other countries.

In a statement sent to the BBC, Rep Gregory Meeks, ranking Democratic member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the Trump administration's apparent double-standard for refugees was "not just a racist dog whistle, it's a politically motivated rewrite of history".

"Refugee policy should protect the vulnerable, not serve an extremist agenda," he said.

Melissa Keaney, a lawyer with the International Refugee Assistance project, said the White House's decision to fast-track the South Afrikaners arrival represented "unfairness on so many levels".

"How are they even being admitted, if all refugees are suspended currently," she asked, referring to Trump's executive order in January that indefinitely suspended its US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).

Ms Keaney's organisation is suing the administration for its suspension of USRAP. She described the decision as a sudden manoeuver that has left over 120,000 conditionally approved refugees in limbo.

"The speed at which that (the Afrikaners) were processed is remarkable and unprecedented, and required, I think, a lot of sort of bending rules by the State Department and changing procedure," she told the BBC.

"There's just a lot of hypocrisy and unequal treatment obviously happening between every other refugee and the refugees that they're processing through Pretoria," Ms Keaney said.

Afrikaner author Max du Preez told the BBC's Newsday radio programme that claims of persecution of white South Africans were a "total absurdity" and "based on nothing".

Figures from the South African police show that in 2024, 44 murders were recorded on farms and smaller plots of agricultural land, with eight of those killed being farmers.

South Africa does not report on crime statistics broken down by race but a majority of the country's farmers are white, while other people living on farms, such as workers, are mostly black.

Bilateral relations between the US and South Africa have been strained for some time as President Trump tasked his administration with formulating plans to potentially resettle Afrikaners, a group with mostly Dutch ancestry, in the US.

In March, South Africa's ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, was expelled after accusing President Trump of using "white victimhood as a dog whistle", leading to the US accusing Mr Rasool of "race-baiting".

The US has also criticised South Africa for taking an "aggressive" position against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where Pretoria has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of genocide against Palestinians - a claim which the Israelis strongly reject.

President Trump's openness to accepting Afrikaner refugees comes as the US has engaged in a wider crackdown on migrants and asylum seekers from other countries.

Additional reporting by Khanyisile Ngcobo in Johannesburg, Nomia Iqbal & Cai Pigliucci in Washington DC

 

 

worked with my white south africans, piece of shit human beings, hard workers 

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World’s richest Nazi is South African. Piece of shit, yes.  Hard worker? Depends on if you call making poor people suffer “work.”  If so, that cocksucker is working harder than an ugly stripper in LA.  

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miniballer must be really happy though she probably would've preferred some black South Africans die first or in the process of these people fleeing. 

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16 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

49 white farmers from South Africa who are being granted refugee status

Refugee status for white South Africans: First group lands in US

  Reveal hidden contents

 US-funded flight carrying the first group of 49 white South Africans has landed in Washington where the Trump administration is to grant them refugee status.

President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country's Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of "racial discrimination".

South African government has denied this saying any allegations of persecution would not meet the threshold required under "refugee law".

Immigrant rights activists have criticised the fast-track refugee initiative, describing it as "unfair" for the "most vulnerable". The Trump administration has halted almost all refugee admissions including those coming from countries at war.

 
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Skin colour of South African farmers "makes no difference" to Trump

The current group of white South African refugees, who landed in Washington DC on Monday, were given a warm welcome by US authorities at the airport.

Some held young children and waved small American flags in the arrival area adorned with red, white and blue balloons on the walls.

Usually the processing of refugees in the US takes months, even years, but this group has been fast tracked. UNHCR - the United Nations refugee agency - confirmed to the BBC they weren't involved in the vetting, as is usually the case.

Asked directly on Monday why Afrikaners' refugee applications had been expedited compared to other groups, Trump said a "genocide" was taking place and that "white farmers" specifically were being targeted.

"Farmers are being killed, they happen to be white, but whether they're white or black makes no difference to me."

The US has criticised domestic South African policy, accusing the government of seizing land from white farmers without any compensation - something which the southern African nation says has not happened.

In January President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a controversial law which allows the government to seize privately owned land without compensation in certain circumstances, when it is deemed "equitable and in the public interest".

There had been anger in South Africa over the slow pace of land reform in the three decades since the end of the racist apartheid system.

White South Africans make up just 7.3% of the population, but own the vast majority of privately held farmland, according to a 2017 government report.

One of Trump's closest advisers, South African-born Elon Musk, has previously said there was a "genocide of white people" in South Africa and accused the government of passing "racist ownership laws".

The claims of a genocide of white people have been widely discredited.

On Monday, Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen described the resettlement as "baffling" given the "indefinite suspension for thousands of legitimate asylum seekers" from other countries.

In a statement sent to the BBC, Rep Gregory Meeks, ranking Democratic member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the Trump administration's apparent double-standard for refugees was "not just a racist dog whistle, it's a politically motivated rewrite of history".

"Refugee policy should protect the vulnerable, not serve an extremist agenda," he said.

Melissa Keaney, a lawyer with the International Refugee Assistance project, said the White House's decision to fast-track the South Afrikaners arrival represented "unfairness on so many levels".

"How are they even being admitted, if all refugees are suspended currently," she asked, referring to Trump's executive order in January that indefinitely suspended its US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).

Ms Keaney's organisation is suing the administration for its suspension of USRAP. She described the decision as a sudden manoeuver that has left over 120,000 conditionally approved refugees in limbo.

"The speed at which that (the Afrikaners) were processed is remarkable and unprecedented, and required, I think, a lot of sort of bending rules by the State Department and changing procedure," she told the BBC.

"There's just a lot of hypocrisy and unequal treatment obviously happening between every other refugee and the refugees that they're processing through Pretoria," Ms Keaney said.

Afrikaner author Max du Preez told the BBC's Newsday radio programme that claims of persecution of white South Africans were a "total absurdity" and "based on nothing".

Figures from the South African police show that in 2024, 44 murders were recorded on farms and smaller plots of agricultural land, with eight of those killed being farmers.

South Africa does not report on crime statistics broken down by race but a majority of the country's farmers are white, while other people living on farms, such as workers, are mostly black.

Bilateral relations between the US and South Africa have been strained for some time as President Trump tasked his administration with formulating plans to potentially resettle Afrikaners, a group with mostly Dutch ancestry, in the US.

In March, South Africa's ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, was expelled after accusing President Trump of using "white victimhood as a dog whistle", leading to the US accusing Mr Rasool of "race-baiting".

The US has also criticised South Africa for taking an "aggressive" position against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where Pretoria has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of genocide against Palestinians - a claim which the Israelis strongly reject.

President Trump's openness to accepting Afrikaner refugees comes as the US has engaged in a wider crackdown on migrants and asylum seekers from other countries.

Additional reporting by Khanyisile Ngcobo in Johannesburg, Nomia Iqbal & Cai Pigliucci in Washington DC

 

President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country's Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of "racial discrimination".
 

Just when you thought they couldn’t reach a new low, be any more racist, or jump a bigger shark…. They go and completely outdo themselves.

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25 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Do the white people not still run the government of South Africa?

No. Nelson Mandela out front should have told you.

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12 hours ago, mdmost said:

miniballer must be really happy though she probably would've preferred some black South Africans die first or in the process of these people fleeing. 

Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time

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12 hours ago, miguelito said:

He just watched Lethal Weapon 2, didn't he?

I mean, that chick was pretty hot.

But you're bleck!

He's right.  You are.

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1 minute ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Most people see this as brazen racism right? I know the cult doesn’t see it, but normal Americans have to

Yes, and it's a stepping stone to bigger racism.  One of many.  Desensitization is going to happen one small and relatively minor to moderate story at a time until it adds up to a precedent that allows them to do unspeakable things and get away with it.

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13 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Most people see this as brazen racism right? I know the cult doesn’t see it, but normal Americans have to

It’s not even a blip on the radar screen for the vast majority of Americans. I bet if you surveyed 100 Americans the number that would have even the tiniest amount of familiarity with this event would be in the single digits.

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20 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Most people see this as brazen racism right? I know the cult doesn’t see it, but normal Americans have to

I think it is like the okay/not okay thing. How are gas and egg prices doing? Do they have to see immigrants at O’Hare on their summer vacations? If everything is good, racism is probably okay. Just can’t say it out loud. 

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1 hour ago, Dnaguy said:

President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country's Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of "racial discrimination".
 

Just when you thought they couldn’t reach a new low, be any more racist, or jump a bigger shark…. They go and completely outdo themselves.

 

I absolutely thought they could, and absolutely think they still have more to go. Project 2025 is in full swing, and Stephen Miller leads our nation's efforts to reshape the country in his image.

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4 minutes ago, BurdineBandit said:

I absolutely thought they could, and absolutely think they still have more to go. Project 2025 is in full swing, and Stephen Miller leads our nation's efforts to reshape the country in his image.

micropeen bald white nazis? I can hear the vaginas clamping shut all across the nation

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21 minutes ago, Dr. Teeth said:

How are gas and egg prices doing? 

 

9 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Both higher. 

 

Fucking Chinese reciprocal tariffs!  We should invade.

 

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2 minutes ago, VABuckeye said:

Apparently one of said refugees.

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This woman would almost certainly make you wish you were dating Nicole. 

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2 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Most people see this as brazen racism right? I know the cult doesn’t see it, but normal Americans have to

Unfortunately “normal” Americans are kinda regarded and probably think everyone in Africa is black and these must be the only 49 white folk that live there…

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6 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Unfortunately “normal” Americans are kinda regarded and probably think everyone in Africa is black and these must be the only 49 white folk that live there…

I mean, that's also not very far from the truth

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34 minutes ago, VABuckeye said:

Apparently one of said refugees.

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Not really into the Nordic type anymore (ex-wife is a mix of Swedish, Scottish, Norwegian, and eastern Baltic; rules were followed on TOS), but I have a couple of extra bedrooms if she's really desperate.

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22 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Not really into the Nordic type anymore (ex-wife is a mix of Swedish, Scottish, Norwegian, and eastern Baltic; rules were followed on TOS), but I have a couple of extra bedrooms if she's really desperate.

Sorry, buddy, but you weren't grandfathered when you moved to Surly.  Rules still apply.  I'm board certified in Internet Message Board Law.

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11 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Sorry, buddy, but you weren't grandfathered when you moved to Surly.  Rules still apply.  I'm board certified in Internet Message Board Law.

Two words: Blue Converse.

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3 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Most people see this as brazen racism right? I know the cult doesn’t see it, but normal Americans have to

It is such a stunning, blatant case of racism when juxtaposed against the mass deportations of brown people.  The conspicuousness of it is, well I would say shocking, but nothing shocks me anymore.

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22 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

49 white farmers from South Africa who are being granted refugee status

Refugee status for white South Africans: First group lands in US

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 US-funded flight carrying the first group of 49 white South Africans has landed in Washington where the Trump administration is to grant them refugee status.

President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country's Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of "racial discrimination".

South African government has denied this saying any allegations of persecution would not meet the threshold required under "refugee law".

Immigrant rights activists have criticised the fast-track refugee initiative, describing it as "unfair" for the "most vulnerable". The Trump administration has halted almost all refugee admissions including those coming from countries at war.

 
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Skin colour of South African farmers "makes no difference" to Trump

The current group of white South African refugees, who landed in Washington DC on Monday, were given a warm welcome by US authorities at the airport.

Some held young children and waved small American flags in the arrival area adorned with red, white and blue balloons on the walls.

Usually the processing of refugees in the US takes months, even years, but this group has been fast tracked. UNHCR - the United Nations refugee agency - confirmed to the BBC they weren't involved in the vetting, as is usually the case.

Asked directly on Monday why Afrikaners' refugee applications had been expedited compared to other groups, Trump said a "genocide" was taking place and that "white farmers" specifically were being targeted.

"Farmers are being killed, they happen to be white, but whether they're white or black makes no difference to me."

The US has criticised domestic South African policy, accusing the government of seizing land from white farmers without any compensation - something which the southern African nation says has not happened.

In January President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a controversial law which allows the government to seize privately owned land without compensation in certain circumstances, when it is deemed "equitable and in the public interest".

There had been anger in South Africa over the slow pace of land reform in the three decades since the end of the racist apartheid system.

White South Africans make up just 7.3% of the population, but own the vast majority of privately held farmland, according to a 2017 government report.

One of Trump's closest advisers, South African-born Elon Musk, has previously said there was a "genocide of white people" in South Africa and accused the government of passing "racist ownership laws".

The claims of a genocide of white people have been widely discredited.

On Monday, Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen described the resettlement as "baffling" given the "indefinite suspension for thousands of legitimate asylum seekers" from other countries.

In a statement sent to the BBC, Rep Gregory Meeks, ranking Democratic member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the Trump administration's apparent double-standard for refugees was "not just a racist dog whistle, it's a politically motivated rewrite of history".

"Refugee policy should protect the vulnerable, not serve an extremist agenda," he said.

Melissa Keaney, a lawyer with the International Refugee Assistance project, said the White House's decision to fast-track the South Afrikaners arrival represented "unfairness on so many levels".

"How are they even being admitted, if all refugees are suspended currently," she asked, referring to Trump's executive order in January that indefinitely suspended its US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).

Ms Keaney's organisation is suing the administration for its suspension of USRAP. She described the decision as a sudden manoeuver that has left over 120,000 conditionally approved refugees in limbo.

"The speed at which that (the Afrikaners) were processed is remarkable and unprecedented, and required, I think, a lot of sort of bending rules by the State Department and changing procedure," she told the BBC.

"There's just a lot of hypocrisy and unequal treatment obviously happening between every other refugee and the refugees that they're processing through Pretoria," Ms Keaney said.

Afrikaner author Max du Preez told the BBC's Newsday radio programme that claims of persecution of white South Africans were a "total absurdity" and "based on nothing".

Figures from the South African police show that in 2024, 44 murders were recorded on farms and smaller plots of agricultural land, with eight of those killed being farmers.

South Africa does not report on crime statistics broken down by race but a majority of the country's farmers are white, while other people living on farms, such as workers, are mostly black.

Bilateral relations between the US and South Africa have been strained for some time as President Trump tasked his administration with formulating plans to potentially resettle Afrikaners, a group with mostly Dutch ancestry, in the US.

In March, South Africa's ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, was expelled after accusing President Trump of using "white victimhood as a dog whistle", leading to the US accusing Mr Rasool of "race-baiting".

The US has also criticised South Africa for taking an "aggressive" position against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where Pretoria has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of genocide against Palestinians - a claim which the Israelis strongly reject.

President Trump's openness to accepting Afrikaner refugees comes as the US has engaged in a wider crackdown on migrants and asylum seekers from other countries.

Additional reporting by Khanyisile Ngcobo in Johannesburg, Nomia Iqbal & Cai Pigliucci in Washington DC

 

In contrast to say Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, I believe only 30% of white-owned land in South Africa is subject to redistribution. Zimbabwe reduced white land ownership from 4400 farmers/owners to 300.

Afrikaners are still quite privileged there.  A bunch of em left when the bleks took over and a bunch of em came right back when they figured out it wasn't so bad.

Crime in SA is bad, though, but on an equal opportunity basis. Of course crime is what you get when you ignore your social responsibilities as a nation and people.

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2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

In contrast to say Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, I believe only 30% of white-owned land in South Africa is subject to redistribution.

Afrikaners are still quite privileged there.  A bunch of em left when the bleks took over and a bunch of em came right back when they figured out it wasn't so bad.

Crime in SA is bad, though, but on an equal opportunity basis. Of course crime is what you get when you ignore your social responsibilities as a nation and people.

yeah, but it's no Chicago, amirite?!

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4 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Most people see this as brazen racism right? I know the cult doesn’t see it, but normal Americans have to

Yeah, there's no way to spin it, at all. Even the cult knows it they just like it because the racism is why they support him in the first place.

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4 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Yeah, there's no way to spin it, at all. Even the cult knows it they just like it because the racism is why they support him in the first place.

Yeah, you should see the cess pool that is Tigerdroppings and particularly their Political Board.  Shame they're now conference mates to you.

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1 minute ago, South Austin said:

She died, tho.

Only in the movie, though.  However, I didn't know you dated her after your divorce....you both seemed to have moved on, though, which is good.

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5 hours ago, Dnaguy said:

President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country's Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of "racial discrimination".
 

Just when you thought they couldn’t reach a new low, be any more racist, or jump a bigger shark…. They go and completely outdo themselves.

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Poor things...being persecuted because their ancestors murdered millions of natives to steal...errr homestead on their land. They'll fit right in in the American South



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