Donald Trump has achieved what no human rights organization, UN investigator, or international genocide scholar could accomplish.
America’s premier discovered a genocide that somehow escaped detection by every credible monitoring body on the planet.
While actual genocides rage in Sudan and Myanmar, with documented evidence, mass graves, and millions fleeing.
So Trump decided it was time for America to do what it does best: help the needy.
While only 49 Afrikaners have landed so far, Trump’s allies have floated a plan to eventually welcome over 8,000.
These aren’t civilians fleeing bombs in Syria or drought in Sudan. These are descendants of the colonizers who carved up our land like meat—the ultimate beneficiaries of the apartheid-era power structures.
Now, let’s be fair! Patterns of racial and geopolitical bias in U.S. refugee policy long predate Trump. Trump didn’t create the system; he just weaponized it more openly.
What’s Cooking?
South Africa finally attempts meaningful land reform after generations of stolen land. White farmers scream oppression, as if sharing what was never yours is the most tremendous hardship known to humanity. Trump, from his golden tower perched high above reality, declares it “government-sanctioned persecution” against Afrikaners.
This isn’t Trump’s first rodeo with Afrikaner tears. Back in 2018, he tweeted that the South African government was ‘killing farmers’;
A claim so false that even Pretoria laughed it off. Especially when White South Africans, who make up approximately 8% of the population, own about 70% of the commercial farmland.
But let’s check the facts like good accountants:
- Verified data shows no systematic targeting of Afrikaners
- What’s happening is a painful but necessary reckoning with colonial land theft
- It’s the historical chickens finally coming home to roost, and they’re pecking harder than expected
Meanwhile, look who remains in limbo:
- Sudanese families are escaping an actual war. I mean the kind with real bullets.
- Congolese women escaping rape camps. The “right kind” of trauma
- Afghan interpreters who assisted American soldiers are now abandoned as quickly as worn-out shoes.
But Afrikaners? Fast-tracked through American immigration like VIPs at a concert! Because what exactly?
The Deep Game
This isn’t about protecting refugees. This is about preserving whiteness under the guise of humanitarian concern. When the powerful feel slightly squeezed, discomfort is interpreted as oppression. It’s the political equivalent of crying poverty while sitting on a goldmine.
Trump’s refugee policy reveals itself as poorly concealed cards on a table. Why is this about race, not human rights? Instead, it’s about who deserves safety and which skin colour qualifies for sympathy.
The same America that questions whether African refugees are “worth saving” suddenly discovers humanitarian feelings for white African settlers. What a remarkable coincidence!
Tiger’s Roar
Justice isn’t oppression—unless you’re used to stealing
As Africans, we must call out this charade. This isn’t about justice; it’s about maintaining white comfort as their grip on stolen land.
Afrikaners aren’t victims of oppression; they are experiencing the inconvenience of justice catching up. There is a difference between being persecuted and being asked to share what was taken with a sword that never was yours. Roughly the same difference between losing your keys and someone asking for their house back.
The American system reveals its true face: it’s not about protecting the vulnerable. It’s about preserving what is valuable (to Western interests). If you catch my drift, some refugees are more equal than others.
It is selective empathy based on skin colour. America denies asylum to Black Sudanese but welcomes white Afrikaners. In Blood Ink, it says that some lives matter more than others.
Your Move, Family
Should South Africa resist this victim narrative? Absolutely! Should Africa challenge this racial double standard? Without hesitation!
This is bigger than an immigration policy. It’s about who gets to claim victimhood in global narratives. It’s about which stories of suffering get believed.
Sixty percent of your smartphone’s cobalt comes from Congo, where an actual genocide rages, yet no one offers visas, press coverage, or pity.
One audacious truth at a time, family. One exposed double standard at a time.
If it sounds like satire, it’s only because the truth has outpaced the absurd.
Tiger Rifkin is the creator of The Witty Observer, a Pan-African media platform focused on geopolitics, leadership, and bold commentary on Africa’s global future. #AfricaRising #Geopolitics #Immigration #Trump #SouthAfrica #RefugeePolitics #PanAfricanPower