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BumRushDaShow

(174,157 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 06:41 PM Jun 24

White South Africans given conservative PragerU books on reverse racism and American flags when they arrive in US

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 24 June 2026 12:28 EDT


When they arrive in the U.S., white South Africans admitted as refugees could get a whitewashed history lesson about slavery, racism and civil rights.

Donald Trump’s administration has frozen refugee admissions from virtually every other country but has admitted nearly 6,000 white South Africans, throwing the nation’s refugee program into chaos while abruptly stranding thousands of people fleeing war and persecution who have been waiting for years to safely resettle in the U.S.

Newly arriving South Africans and their families could soon receive welcome kits from the Trump administration containing an Android device, American flag and copies of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, according to a proposal first reported by The New York Times.

The kits could also include a children’s book that suggests post-apartheid efforts to transition to a multi-racial democracy “made race relations even worse” and accuses South Africa’s government of “favoring the Black population.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/south-african-refugees-us-prageru-books-american-flags-b3002352.html

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White South Africans given conservative PragerU books on reverse racism and American flags when they arrive in US (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jun 24 OP
I hear the ones that have arrived earlier this year are not happy campers........... Lovie777 Jun 24 #1
PragerU is an absolute joke and it's a complete johnnyfins Jun 24 #2
And Dennis Prager BumRushDaShow Jun 24 #4
... Solly Mack Jun 24 #3
Coming from the party that won't shut the fuck up about "indoctrination" and "weaponization." These fascists sure aren't Karasu Jun 24 #5
PragerU is about as legit area51 Jun 24 #6
This doesn't surprise me at all. maxsolomon Jun 25 #7
Trump is planning white nationalist goodie bags for Afrikaner refugees LetMyPeopleVote Jun 29 #8

Lovie777

(24,701 posts)
1. I hear the ones that have arrived earlier this year are not happy campers...........
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 06:46 PM
Jun 24

some went back to SA.

I wonder if they are the new farm workers, workers slaughter houses, etc that get paid less money with no benefits.

johnnyfins

(4,192 posts)
2. PragerU is an absolute joke and it's a complete
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 06:48 PM
Jun 24

fucking disgrace that its "curriculum" has any place in education.

Karasu

(2,429 posts)
5. Coming from the party that won't shut the fuck up about "indoctrination" and "weaponization." These fascists sure aren't
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 11:17 PM
Jun 24

subtle, that's for sure.

LetMyPeopleVote

(184,623 posts)
8. Trump is planning white nationalist goodie bags for Afrikaner refugees
Mon Jun 29, 2026, 04:33 PM
Jun 29

Trump intends to inculcate incoming white South Africans with right-wing propaganda, according to a New York Times report.

Trump is planning white nationalist goodie bags for Afrikaner refugees

www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

AnarchoTerran (@anarchoterran.bsky.social) 2026-06-24T22:20:46.140Z

https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-south-africa-refugees-welcome-bags-white-nationalism-racism

When white South African refugees enter the United States in the coming weeks, they reportedly can expect a special treat: a gift bag containing an Android tablet, copies of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, and an American flag. Oh, and one more perk: literature that argues white people in South Africa and the U.S. are victims of discrimination — and that the U.S. Civil Rights Movement was misguided.

That’s the plan that’s being finalized in the Trump administration, according to a new story from The New York Times, which cites government documents and an official familiar with the matter, and observes that welcome gifts of this kind are “unusual.” These welcome bags are a brazen expression of white nationalism. And remarkably, they represent the White House doing exactly what MAGA conspiracy theorists love to (ludicrously) accuse the left of trying to do: Use immigration policy to boost its political fortunes.

According to the Times, the bags are expected to include a letter that reads, “The Trump administration understands America’s immigration system must put the U.S. citizen first, and only welcome in those who will assimilate into the American way of life and preserve our borders, language, culture, traditions and ideals.”

The president and his administration have long made it clear that Afrikaners are virtually the only people who fit the White House’s criteria. At a Turning Point USA event in April, Trump boasted, “We suspended all refugee resettlement — except for persecuted South Africans.” And Trump has said that the people in South Africa being “persecuted” are Afrikaners — basing his claim on white nationalist disinformation that a “white genocide” is being perpetrated in South Africa.

Singling out this population, amid all the people enduring wars and serious persecution around the world, was in and of itself a white nationalist salvo. But the letter, combined with other texts and booklets planned for the bag, take it to another level.

trump has banned all non-white people from coming to the United States but the SCOTUS claims that this is not racist
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