By Nellie Peyton
U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on what he alleges is South Africa’s mistreatment of its white minority are being met with mockery on social media by some white South Africans poking fun at their own privilege.
Trump said last week that “certain classes of people” were being treated “very badly” in South Africa, referring to a bill signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa aimed at addressing racial disparities in land ownership.
He then cut aid to South Africa and offered refugee resettlement in the United States to Afrikaners, the descendants of early European settlers, stating they were “victims of unjust racial discrimination”.
“USA, USA, USA!” comedian Bouwer Bosch chants in a TikTok video as he tells a friend he is moving to the United States.
“Why did you get refugee status?” the friend asks.
“Cause I’m white, bro!” he responds, before adding that he will be back to
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