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p class=”css-at9mc1 evys1bk0″>According to President Trump and his supporters, South Africa is a dangerous place for white people. They claim that white individuals face job exclusion, live in constant fear of violence, and are at risk of losing their land due to a corrupt, black-led government. However, data reveals a different story: although making up only 7% of the population, white people own at least half of the country’s land, are not more vulnerable to violent crime, and generally enjoy better economic status than black South Africans. Despite this, Mr. Trump and his allies continue to promote their own narrative of South Africa in order to argue that the United States should not prioritize diversity, or else it too will experience social dysfunction and anti-white prejudice. Max du Preez, a South African writer and historian, pointed out that white people have seen a prosperity boom since apartheid ended in 1994. Some of Mr. Trump’s supporters draw parallels between South Africa’s ongoing efforts to address apartheid’s legacy and America’s own struggle with slavery, Jim Crow, and other forms of anti-black oppression. Following apartheid’s downfall, South Africa’s government made a divisive decision to mostly spare white South Africans’ wealth, a decision that is now leading to the country’s pluralism laws being labeled as unfairly targeting landowners. Mr. Trump’s political identity has centered on being a protector of white America. Despite the harm it does to the country’s poor rural white population, cutting off aid to South Africa is the latest example of Mr. Trump’s commitment to white interests. A recent executive order granted refugee status to white Afrikaners in South Africa. The action comes as Mr. Trump considers offering a rapid pathway to citizenship to South African farmers, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio expelled South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S. Some conservative South Africans and foreign supporters are unhappy with South Africa’s efforts to redistribute land. The intervention of Mr. Trump and his allies is seen as bad news for many black South Africans, who have lived in poverty for generations. Some argue that South Africa went too far in letting white people
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/world/africa/south-africa-whites-trump.html
