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Related: About this forumTrump admin: Afrikaners can be easily assimilated into the US, but not Afghans
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@atrupar.com
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-05-12T18:31:02.068Z
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
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Trump admin: Afrikaners can be easily assimilated into the US, but not Afghans (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
May 12
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Lovie777
(18,623 posts)1. What about Africans?..................
oh wait................
dchill
(42,421 posts)2. Such casual racism - I guess it's now just de riguer.
appmanga
(1,141 posts)6. It's not like these people are hiding...
...they're a white supremacist, Christian Nationalist, fascist administration. The media refuses to call them this, but that's who they are.
dchill
(42,421 posts)7. "The media refuses to call them this..."
At least that shows who THEY are.
unblock
(55,168 posts)3. "Easy assimilation" is blatant bigotry.
And getting very close to the reason why we have an international agreement to accept refugees seeking asylum in the first place.
IronLionZion
(48,947 posts)4. How about black Africans? Many of them speak English
How about black South Africans? literally same country as the white Afrikaners. They should assimilate well. No?
Norrrm
(1,680 posts)5. What's in a name? Black. African-American. Afrikaner.
