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South Africa: Trump and South Africa - What Is White Victimhood, and How Is It Linked to White Supremacy?

  • Donald Trump has issued an executive order to withdraw aid from South Africa, based on a misinterpretation of the Expropriation Act that took effect in January 2025.
  • Trump's actions, along with comments from Elon Musk, have sparked renewed discussions on the idea of 'white victimhood'.
  • Many white South Africans believe they are primary victims of crime, leading them to secure their homes with high walls and security measures.
  • The narrative of white victimhood is linked to fears of 'white genocide' and is manipulated by organizations like AfriForum and Solidarity.
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What is white victimhood and how is it linked to white supremacy? A South African explains

American president Donald Trump has issued an executive order to withdraw aid from South Africa. He was reacting to what he has called the South African government’s plan to “seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation”. Afrikaners are an ethnic and linguistic community of white South Africans whose home language is Afrikaans. Trump’s outrage is based on a misinterpretation of a new law – the Expropriation Act wh…

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South Africa: Trump and South Africa - What Is White Victimhood, and How Is It Linked to White Supremacy?

Analysis - American president Donald Trump has issued an executive order to withdraw aid from South Africa. He was reacting to what he has called the South African government's plan to "seize ethnic minority Afrikaners' agricultural property without compensation". Afrikaners are an ethnic and linguistic community of white South Africans whose home language is Afrikaans.

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Trump and South Africa: what is white victimhood, and how is it linked to white supremacy?

American president Donald Trump has issued an executive order to withdraw aid from South Africa. He was reacting to what he has called the South African government’s plan to “seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation”. Afrikaners are an ethnic and linguistic community of white South Africans whose home language is Afrikaans. Trump’s outrage is based on a misinterpretation of a new law – the Expropriation Act wh…

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The CitizenThe Citizen

Trump and S. Africa: What is white victimhood, and how is it linked to white supremacy?

Ideas about white victimhood have played a role in many of South Africa’s most influential social formations.

·Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of
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Trump: Some white South Africans are oppressed, could be resettled in US

STOCK PHOTO Cape Town, South Africa (AP) — Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority responded Saturday to a plan by President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: Thanks, but no thanks. The plan was detailed in an executive order Trump signed Friday that stopped all aid and financial assistance to South Africa as punishment for what the Trump administration said were “rights v…

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