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astutemural ( astutemural@midwest.social )  to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 years ago

South African diplomat to USA expelled for DEI posts

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South African diplomat to USA expelled for DEI posts

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astutemural ( astutemural@midwest.social )  to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 years ago
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S. African Envoy Expelled By Trump Has No Regrets - African Stream
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‘I have no regrets!’ – that was the message of South Africa’s expelled ambassador to the US, addressing supporters who’d come to greet him at Cape Town airport. Ebrahim Rasool took his expulsion by the Trump administration as a ‘badge of dignity.’ The boisterous crowd praised him for serving the country honourably. The veteran diplomat
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    Ok…now 40 years ago would this have been a satirical headline…

    what…the fuck…

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      That was literally my first thought, too. This is not some random African country that threw off its oppressors after WWII. This is *South Africa, where the oppressors held on until the 1990s. Here’s a leader from a country whose racial reconciliation we still haven’t come close to replicating, and President Musk Trump thinks the country is too unfair to white people.

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    That guy gets to go home and be awesome. We get to find out how much more insane and annoying Trump can be tomorrow. I envy this man.

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