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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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7. The plight of the poor rural Afrikaner hasn't changed much since the end of the Boer war

Reply to HickFromTheTick (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 25, 2016, 04:29 PM

Feb 2016

The British thought they were scum, the urban apartheid era Afrikaners thought they were scum, the Black population thinks they're scum. Take the most fucked up town in Appalachia and the issues are much the same.

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The 'WHITE squatter camps' of South Africa: Shanty towns built after the fall of Apartheid [View all] Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 OP

The advertising software at the South African site chimed in with ads for shoes and tires. hunter Feb 2016 #1

Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #2

There were a lot of whites living in abject poverty in South Africa even during Apartheid. DavidDvorkin Feb 2016 #3

All unskilled non-english speakers are going through an intense crisis in South Africa Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2016 #4

Meet the black boss, same as the white boss. HickFromTheTick Feb 2016 #5

P.S. I think these shanty towns were always there, they've just changed inhabitant color. n/t HickFromTheTick Feb 2016 #6

The plight of the poor rural Afrikaner hasn't changed much since the end of the Boer war Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2016 #7

They can always go back home to Amsterdam, the Netherlands or Holland n/t 951-Riverside Feb 2016 #8

There isn't a country on earth that wants unskilled white South Africans Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2016 #9

"Go home"? DavidDvorkin Feb 2016 #10