Rick Stengel on U.S. Taking South African Refugees: ‘Deeply and Morally Wrongheaded and Repulsive’

Wallace If the outlines ░░░░░░░░ Trump s mass deportation ░░░░░░░░ weren t already clear ░░░░░░░░ today the Trump Administration ░░░░░░░░ lifted protection from deportation ░░░░░░░░ Afghans in the United ░░░░░░░░ claiming that conditions in ░░░░░░░░ Taliban controlled nation of ░░░░░░░░ had improved enough for ░░░░░░░░ to go home safely ░░░░░░░░ simultaneously a U S ░░░░░░░░ plane carrying dozens of ░░░░░░░░ Africans known as Afrikaners ░░░░░░░░ white ethnic minority that ░░░░░░░░ and led the brutal ░░░░░░░░ regime in South Africa ░░░░░░░░ in the United States ░░░░░░░░ America where the Trump ░░░░░░░░ has admitted them as ░░░░░░░░ here claiming that they ░░░░░░░░ been discriminated against for ░░░░░░░░ and have been victimized ░░░░░░░░ violence expediting a process ░░░░░░░░ normally takes years That ░░░░░░░░ as Donald Trump has ░░░░░░░░ halted refugee admission in ░░░░░░░░ for people fleeing war ░░░░░░░░ famine in places like ░░░░░░░░ and the Democratic Republic ░░░░░░░░ Congo Back with Rick ░░░░░░░░ and Eddie Rick Stengel ░░░░░░░░ Yes so deeply and ░░░░░░░░ wrongheaded and repulsive These ░░░░░░░░ the descendants of the ░░░░░░░░ who created the most ░░░░░░░░ system of white supremacy ░░░░░░░░ human history apartheid They ░░░░░░░░ not directly responsible for ░░░░░░░░ but it was a ░░░░░░░░ that actually moved black ░░░░░░░░ off of the arable ░░░░░░░░ so they inherited the ░░░░░░░░ that the black people ░░░░░░░░ to give up It ░░░░░░░░ called forced removal Something ░░░░░░░░ a Bantustan Policy where ░░░░░░░░ moved black people out ░░░░░░░░ the cities and farm ░░░░░░░░ into these remote areas ░░░░░░░░ non arable land I ░░░░░░░░ it was just one ░░░░░░░░ the most worst processes ░░░░░░░░ But what has happened ░░░░░░░░ this strange bizarre world ░░░░░░░░ re living in is ░░░░░░░░ the Afrikaners have become ░░░░░░░░ darling of these right ░░░░░░░░ white supremacist movements around ░░░░░░░░ world That it s ░░░░░░░░ it s like the ░░░░░░░░ cause for them It ░░░░░░░░ like the old Confederacy ░░░░░░░░ re held up as ░░░░░░░░ white Christians who are ░░░░░░░░ dispossessed of their land ░░░░░░░░ s like this is ░░░░░░░░ modern replacement theory in ░░░░░░░░ country where by the ░░░░░░░░ white people make up ░░░░░░░░ percent of the population ░░░░░░░░ own 78 percent of ░░░░░░░░ farmland So it s ░░░░░░░░ there s no injustice ░░░░░░░░ as you mentioned it ░░░░░░░░ taking places away from ░░░░░░░░ who are really being ░░░░░░░░ by authoritarian governments and ░░░░░░░░ governments for these folks ░░░░░░░░ have never had anything ░░░░░░░░ to them And Trump ░░░░░░░░ called it a genocide ░░░░░░░░ of the worst lies ░░░░░░░░ ve ever heard him ░░░░░░░░ There s just been ░░░░░░░░ small handful of farmers ░░░░░░░░ have been killed over ░░░░░░░░ past 10 years No ░░░░░░░░ has actually been expropriated ░░░░░░░░ it s just a ░░░░░░░░ and a sham and ░░░░░░░░ moral ugliness.”