You have a good education and a valuable trade. But you live in South Africa, and you are white. As a result, you can’t get a job — and you have no income. Worse, if you’re a farmer in a remote location, you may share the fate of thousands of others: murdered on your land by roving gangs. The risk is constant. And yet, for many, the violence is only one part of a deeper crisis.
Their plight is not a secret. When U.S. President Donald Trump met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Trump raised concerns about “white genocide.” Ramaphosa — unsurprisingly — dismissed the claim.
