Afrikaner's Exception

Because they are white

Donald Trump has blocked thousands of refugees from entering the U.S.—but is welcoming white South Africans.

“It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die” ...Biko

Afrikaner police admitted to killing Stephen Biko. Why? Because he was willing to speak out against racism and oppression. 

"An administration official’s attempt to explain Donald Trump’s decision to allow white South African “refugees” as an exception to his ban on asylum-seekers revealed just how racist the policy really is.

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau was greeting the group of 59 Afrikaners who arrived in Washington Monday, when he told a reporter that Afrikaners had received an exception to the president’s order because they could be “assimilated easily” into the United States.

The deputy secretary’s language indicates that the Trump administration is willing to admit refugees who are more culturally and ethnically cohesive with the predominantly white U.S. population." -the new republic

NPR reports South Africa's Department of International Relations has hit back against Trump's allegations that Afrikaners are discriminated against.

"It is ironic that the executive order makes provision for refugee status in the U.S. for a group in South Africa that remains amongst the most economically privileged, while vulnerable people in the U.S. from other parts of the world are being deported and denied asylum despite real hardship," the department said in a February statement.

Afrikaner's who own about 70% of the commercial farmland in South Africa, despite being about 7% of the population, believe their ownership is through Devine Mission. They contend the land was empty when they arrived there. In fact, it was not. The land of South Africa was inhabited by various indigenous peoples, most notably the Khoisan groups (Khoi and San). These groups had lived in the region for thousands of years and were the original custodians of the land.


NPR reports President Trump has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that white South African farmers, known as Afrikaners, are facing genocide and land seizures. The Trump administration classified the white Afrikaners as refugees earlier this year. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Trump said: "It's a genocide that's taking place that you people don't want to write about, but it's a terrible thing that's taking place. And farmers are being killed. They happen to be white, but whether they're white or Black makes no difference to me, but white farmers are being brutally killed, and their land is being confiscated in South Africa. While South Africa passed a land reform law earlier this year allowing, in rare cases, for land expropriation without compensation, no land has been seized.