Trump's Afrikaner Refugee Stunt Exposes the Radical Right -- and Left
Trump's Afrikaner asylum stunt revealed the worst aspects of right-wing ethnonationalism and left-wing racial essentialism.
by Ben Cohen
If the 59 white South Africans farmers who arrived in Dulles airport this week were genuinely fleeing violent persecution due to their skin color, I fully support their seeking asylum in America. I support granting refugee status to anyone in those circumstances regardless of their country of origin or ethni…
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