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REALLY!! Trump Admin charters flights to bring white South African ‘refugees’ to U.S. [1]
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Date: 2025-05-11
The Trump Administration is using taxpayer dollars to charter flights to bring white South African (Afrikaner) purported refugees to the U.S., a welcome not granted to genuine refugees of color.
White South African ‘refugees’ are coming to the U.S.
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The host highlights a leaked Trump‑era plan to charter U.S.‑funded flights for white Afrikaner South Africans while continuing to slam the door on Black and brown asylum‑seekers from the Global South. He argues that the initiative weaponizes immigration policy to placate racial grievance politics and underscores the enduring double standard that privileges whiteness in America’s refugee system.
Trump officials fast‑tracked a special refugee pipeline for white Afrikaners despite slashing overall admissions.
Afrikaners claim “racial persecution,” though they still control the bulk of South Africa’s land and wealth.
Haitian and Latin American migrants face violent pushbacks and expulsions rather than charter flights and red‑carpet welcomes.
The policy echoes white‑nationalist narratives that paint land reform as anti‑white genocide.
Critics say the episode exposes how U.S. immigration priorities reflect racial hierarchy, not humanitarian need.
Progressives see the Afrikaner airlift as a stark reminder that immigration policy too often serves white supremacy rather than universal human rights. They insist that true asylum reform must dismantle racial gatekeeping and extend the same compassion to Black and brown refugees.
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