Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

sop

(15,156 posts)
2. "There's no injustice here"
Tue May 13, 2025, 07:18 AM
May 13

(Richard Stengel, MSNBC) "These are the descendants of the people who created the most diabolical system of white supremacy in human history, apartheid. They're not directly responsible for it, but it was a system that actually moved Black people off of the arable land. So they inherited the land that the Black people had to give up. It was called forced removal. It was something called a Bantustan policy, where they moved Black people out of the cities and farmlands into these remote areas with non-arable land. I mean, it was just one of the most, worst processes ever."

"However, in the years following apartheid's dismantling, Afrikaners have become the darling of these right-wing, white supremacist movements around the world, that it's like — it's like the Lost Cause for them, it's like the old Confederacy. They're held up as these white Christians who are being dispossessed of their land. It's like this is a modern replacement theory in a — in a country where, by the way, white people make up 7 percent of the population and own 78 percent of the farmland. So it's actually, there's no injustice here."

Recommendations

2 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Latest Discussions»Issue Forums»Liberal YouTubers»White Afrikaner refugees ...»Reply #2