This is bizarre. Even the guy doing this doc is having a hard time understanding what he is seeing.
Why even worry about it, i mean its not like america treats minorities badly is it?
Depends on who you ask. According to our Rignt Wing friends we give them stuff and even handed one the presidency as an entitlement....or what was it? Ah, the Affirmitive Action President.
That sounds like bigoted whinging to me. But then some americans have proven time and time again that it is more about appearance than any actual political ideals that concern them. Should i care what some bigot thinks?
I'm getting an error that says the video is no longer available.
What was the gist?
White poverty had been a major problem in the colonial era, when as much as 20-25% of white South Africans lived below the poverty line, and jobs were handed out to the poor by the government to reduce white poverty. But after the end of the Cold War, racial preferences were dropped by the end of the apartheid regime and South Africa is back to square one. Researchers estimate some 450,000 whites, of a total white population of 4.5 million, live below the poverty line and 100,000 are struggling just to survive in places such as former caravan camps. Preferably, they should be repatriated to the Netherlands and Britain as refugees. So far only wealthy whites managed to emigrate to other former British colonies such as Australia because they don't accept economic refugees.
At first sight you are right BUT keep in mind: Blacks are poor because of their own doing. Whites are poor because of been discriminated against them! Whites are a minority group. 4.5million out of a total population of 60million. As soon as blacks came to power (over 20y ago) they began racially discriminating against the white. Read about South Africa's "Affirmative Action" policies and "fair" discrimination! It is anchored in their constitution. That raised eyebrows all over the developed world. Right now South Africa is a political and economical mess. I hope it will not end up like Zimbabwe.I'm not really terribly familiar with this specific issue, but isn't this kinda about poor people having bad living conditions and lacking options? Are there not significant populations of blacks in South Africa who suffer below the poverty line?
White poverty had been a major problem in the colonial era, when as much as 20-25% of white South Africans lived below the poverty line, and jobs were handed out to the poor by the government to reduce white poverty. But after the end of the Cold War, racial preferences were dropped by the end of the apartheid regime and South Africa is back to square one. Researchers estimate some 450,000 whites, of a total white population of 4.5 million, live below the poverty line and 100,000 are struggling just to survive in places such as former caravan camps. Preferably, they should be repatriated to the Netherlands and Britain as refugees. So far only wealthy whites managed to emigrate to other former British colonies such as Australia because they don't accept economic refugees.
Well, they can't even if they wanted to. Read my previous post. In South Africa they are discriminated against BY LAW! It is "pay back" time. Do a Google search on South African law and 'AffirmativeAction' / reverse apartheid and redressing/correcting the past!Why don't those white people just pull themselves up by their bootstraps and get to work and stop focusing on racism? /irony off.
The real example of when democracy fails is best seen in Rhodesia. Rhodesia the breadbasket of Africa turned into
a cesspool called Zimbabwe when the Western Powers forced Ian Smith to turn over the government to Mugabe.
SEE: 'requiem for rhodesia - The website of Carlos Whitlock Porter'
Venezuela is similar to South Africa, ruled by a white minority for years & years until democracy took hold &
one man one vote bought Chavez into power 'with the awakening political conscienceness of the browned skinned
pardos who make up 80% of the population', look what's happening there now!
You mean the CIA supporting the opposition and trying to engineer yet another coup?The real example of when democracy fails is best seen in Rhodesia. Rhodesia the breadbasket of Africa turned into
a cesspool called Zimbabwe when the Western Powers forced Ian Smith to turn over the government to Mugabe.
SEE: 'requiem for rhodesia - The website of Carlos Whitlock Porter'
Venezuela is similar to South Africa, ruled by a white minority for years & years until democracy took hold &
one man one vote bought Chavez into power 'with the awakening political conscienceness of the browned skinned
pardos who make up 80% of the population', look what's happening there now!
You mean the CIA supporting the opposition and trying to engineer yet another coup?