Elon Musk says a left-wing political party in South Africa is promoting white genocide for singing apartheid-era song “Kill the Boer.” He’s echoing a far-right conspiracy.
“That Musk weighed in … through the hysteria of [far-right provocateur Benny] Johnson, who erroneously, though tellingly, labeled Malema’s EFF as ‘South Africa’s Black party’, is revealing. The specter of ‘white genocide’ is a long-standing trope among US white nationalists.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/01/musk-south-africa-apartheid-chant-malema/
#elonmusk #tech #racism
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