A Perfect Country for Afrikaners
The first wave of White South Africans has arrived on our shores.
Black and Brown immigrants facing legitimate persecution are unwelcome, but White Afrikaners who are not being persecuted at all receive the red-carpet treatment from the current administration.
American People of Color are not surprised at all, but we are dealing with feelings ranging from benign bemusement to anger and frustration.
This country was created as a haven from genuine religious persecution, yet there are those who want America codified as a Christian nation.
This country boasted about freedom and liberty while not only establishing chattel slavery on its shores, but the Supreme Court ruled that Black people were not human beings.
America went around the world fighting wars to rescue others from tyranny and injustice, but when non-White military personnel returned home from the wars, they returned to separate but unequal schools, redlining, and segregated public accommodations.
America tries to label non-White immigrants as criminals and undesirables, but White South African racists who are afraid that their Black neighbors will receive land and property that were stolen from them are welcomed with open arms.
America was founded on hypocrisy and lies.
It was substantively built by non-Whites who were good enough to provide free labor or receive unequal compensation, but not good enough to be treated as equal citizens.
Racism is always cast as a relic of the past and an obsession of non-Whites, while every action and reaction of many White Americans confirms that systemic bias exists.
I have no doubt that Afrikaners will be made welcome because this country and this administration perpetually operates to make America safe for bigotry and prejudice.
Reparation for chattel slavery are incomprehensible.
Civil and voting rights laws are arcane and unnecessary.
America is being judged by the content of its character, and the verdict is a foregone conclusion.