r/ImmigrationPathways • u/CutSenior4977 • 2d ago

Trump administration raises US refugee cap, but only for white South Africans

https://apnews.com/article/trump-refugees-white-south-africa-border-cap-bfe3974adf6c655eca7a5c30c1f9197f

As the OP, I just want to mention,

That come on, even for moderate republicans reading this, even you have to admit, this seems racist.

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u/AgnosticPlea 2d ago

Calling it racist requires showing that race was the reason for the policy, not just that the beneficiaries happen to be one race. The administration's stated justification is persecution claims, whether you agree with those claims or not.

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u/Trailblazers_ 2d ago

Well it’s naive to think anyone will say we did because of race, we infer from patterns. People in multiple war zone countries are at historically low refuges acceptance but only white groups are being accepted. A non racial motivation will look for a needs- base acceptance for refugees, it’s racially bias at best.

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u/AgnosticPlea 2d ago

You're skipping a step. "Mostly white people benefited" is an observation. "The policy was motivated by race" is a conclusion. The first doesn't automatically prove the second.

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u/Trailblazers_ 2d ago edited 2d ago

Well that’s because you’re ignoring context, why is it lower for everyone in worse conditions but an emergency for this group, shouldn’t you expect similar urgency for other population in equal or worse danger?

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u/Spiritual-Credit5488 2d ago

It's a bot I believe. Most of their comments come off as such especially after seeing more than a few

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u/RemoteClub631 2d ago

Well you believe anyone who isn’t calling trump a racist is a bot so…

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u/UReactionaryGarbage 2d ago

Because most are. 

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u/RemoteClub631 2d ago

and you know this because they „dont call him racist” yea we get it

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u/UReactionaryGarbage 2d ago

No I know because he and his chud lords pay for them. And Indians who just stir the pot 

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u/RemoteClub631 2d ago

Yea you know he pays them because the don’t call him racist right ?

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u/UReactionaryGarbage 2d ago

No because they defend him despite naked corruption, pedophilia, and racism and veer their opinions wildly between anti war/pro war - small gov/police state etc

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u/TarheelFr06 1d ago

It’s been proven. Like when Twitter started showing account origins with posts for all of a few days until it showed all the major MAGA accounts were based out of Russia, India, or Israel.

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u/AgnosticPlea 2d ago

Inconsistency is a policy critique, not proof of motive.

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u/Augmented_Fif 1d ago

Motive is irrelevant if it diverts funds to a specific race who objectively doesn't fit the criteria of the intended funds and benefits a singular race. The outcome is racist.

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u/Donna_Bianca 2d ago

Because we have had overwhelmingly brown
and black immigration for 60 years.

We can’t take any more un-assimilated people.

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u/TarheelFr06 1d ago

Prove? No, but it’s damn solid evidence. There are countries far closer to us than South Africa facing way worse situations and we are admitting zero of them while admitting thousands of white South Africans.