Trump’s State Department Is Giving $1 Million to Controversial Group to Study Crimes Against White South Africans
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In 2025, President Donald Trump's State Department has allocated nearly $1 million to a South African organization, AfriForum, to investigate alleged crimes against white South Africans. AfriForum, a nonprofit advocating for Afrikaners, a subset of the country's white population, claims its members fight for Afrikaner interests and self-governance.
The funding aims to document "hateful rhetoric and violent acts" against Afrikaners and other minority groups in South Africa. This action comes amid a shift in the State Department's focus, which has been reallocated from poor and authoritarian nations to conservative causes in Europe, following the return of Trump to office. Samuel Samson, a deputy assistant secretary at the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, has claimed a "civilizational" connection between the U.S. and Afrikaners.
However, critics argue that this support is based on scientifically racist notions and do not acknowledge the broader context of violence in South Africa, where the victims are predominantly Black people living in poor urban areas.
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