Alabama resident 'warns' Afrikaner refugees
This comes after 49 white South Africans made the 'trek' to the US under President Donald Trump's resettlement programme.
The group – which will largely settle in the Southern state – claims that they are being 'persecuted' on the basis of their race.
In a clip that was posted on X, two black female Alabama residents express their shock that Afrikaner 'refugees' will now take up residence in their state.
One of the women dramatically says, 'Alabama? Lord help them. They better not talk to these people, they better not run into black people, or you'll be missing. Pray for them.'
In the comment section, other American citizens shared their views…
@itsjustNiecy__: 'Should they come and try that disrespectful stuff here. My they be met with the energy of the ancestors here'
@broussard52: 'They won't like Alabama can tell you that right now'
@0hhAudie: 'Good, I will hire them on my farm!'
Elsewhere, an opinion writer on Alabama news site Al.com wrote of their new Afrikaner neighbours: 'Y'all shouldn't be here.
'Y'all shouldn't have been able to skip the line. Y'all should not be here before the tens of thousands of people throughout the world who, just like you, were vetted and prepared to leave their homeland — who must leave out of true fear for their lives. But were denied, not expedited'.
Meanwhile, NGO Inspiritus will assist the Afrikaner 'refugees' as they settle down in Alabama. The organisation has helped displaced people who had fled countries with 'violence, war and persecution', and now 'white genocide'. However, the resettlement programme was halted by US President Donald Trump earlier this year.
'I feel like it's disrespectful to the refugees that we are assisting and helping, who are running from violence and forced displacement, to be helping this population,' an employment specialist within the organisation told Al.com.
Outright shunning of the Afrikaner refugees is the US's Episcopal Church, who were initially tasked with resettling the minority community.
Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe said: 'It has been painful to watch one group of refugees, selected in a highly unusual manner, receive preferential treatment over many others who have been waiting in refugee camps or dangerous conditions for years'.
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