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I can see why Chumuso did what he did


From reading some of the comments of people claiming to be White South Africans or Afrikaners if you must I can understand the hate that some blacks must have for whites in south africa. Most of the white south africans on this board seem totally unrepetent for what was done to the real africans for many years, the murders, the rapes, the overall enslavement and all I can say is what if these things had been done to your families ?

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I agree completely with you.

You're a load in my pants Al.

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The oppressor often does not understand his own oppression.

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What's really funny is how they say that South Africa has lots of problems that have nothing to do with racism all the while undermining their own argument with their obvious hatred of blacks. No doubt there were murderers on both sides but the oppressors are far more to blame than those who were fighting to be able have the right to vote and to be full citizens.

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Those things did happen to white families and are STILL happening! Know what you are saying before you say it. There are white families who have been in South Africa for generations. Just as many blacks came from other African nations to be in South Africa. Afrikaaners/Boers do not see themselves as 'immigrants' anymore than an American who's family has been here 4+ generation see themselves as an immigrant. They are not immigrants to Africa, it is there homeland as well.

The problems in South Africa are far more complicated than white vs. black.

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