South Africa’s president calls Trump’s policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners ‘racist’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/05/south-africa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-calls-donald-trump-policy-white-afrikaners-racist
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GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 82 pts · 202d
Because it is. Good work, Cyril.
palordrolap@fedia.io · 61 pts · 202d
South Africa isn't a threat to America, no, but living in a post-apartheid, nominally non-racist country is super uncomfortable for rich, white racists. They perceive the situation as them being in danger, and this has triggered the closest thing to empathy that you'll ever get out of DJT.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 202d
Wait- sorry, what's the non-racist country here?
palordrolap@fedia.io · 33 pts · 202d
Nominally non-racist. Back during apartheid, South Africa was definitely racist. Now apartheid is over, everyone there, regardless of race, is supposed to be equal.
That doesn't mean that racism doesn't exist there, just that it's no longer encoded into law, and indeed the opposite might be encoded, regarding hate crimes and the like.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · -17 pts · 202d
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 28 pts · 202d
You need to look up what the word "nominally" means, it completely changes the meaning of the sentence you're objecting to.
MrQuallzin@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 202d
Not once do the words "never been" appear in that person's comments. You're arguing against something they didn't say
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · -11 pts · 202d
BassTurd@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 202d
Fun fact... You don't have to visit a place to know their history.
palordrolap@fedia.io · 21 pts · 202d
My bad. I used a double negative, which clearly confused you.
"That doesn't mean that racism doesn't exist there" means "racist behaviour almost certainly still goes on there".
I can try to break this down to words of just one sound if you like, but to do that might be too mean, and it's hard to write like this as well.
BassTurd@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 202d
Do you not know how to read?
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 202d
It's not empathy. He wants a demographic shift.
palordrolap@fedia.io · 1 pts · 202d
I never said it was empathy. I said it's the closest thing you'll ever get to it from him.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 202d
That's like a pot calling a kettle the N-word.
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 202d
Sorry, I'm confused: how so?
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 202d
Please copyright this phrase and put it on t-shirts
TronBronson@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 202d
Glad to see another user of this phrase 🤣 I have no idea of the origin it just lives in my head and pops out sometimes
Tja@programming.dev · 1 pts · 201d
If they are both African-Kitchenitan it's okay!
ravelin@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 201d
"South Africa's president calls out Trump's racist policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners"
Ftfy
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 202d
They’re probably bringing them in to be ICE goons
theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 202d
I mean yes hes promoting a conspiracy theory and treating whites as the only true refugees.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 202d
Trump is not uninformed in this case. He's just a fucking liar.
NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 202d
Oh my god. He's right