Thread: Will we follow in South Africas footsteps ?

When Americans are so fed up with illegal immigration do you think we could resort to this behavoir ?

REIGER PARK, South Africa — Feneck Mgawa, a 39-year-old mechanic from Malawi, came to South Africa 18 months ago. He owned a box of tools and got work right away, living modestly in a hovel in a squatter’s camp and sending cash home each month to his wife and two children.

He was exactly the kind of foreigner the hateful mob wanted to kill.

Last weekend, the marauders came to his shack and looked him over. Just to be sure they were not misdirecting their rage, they asked, “Are you a foreigner?â€

hmmm... and here in the US they tell us that only whites can be racist and xenophobic....

the moral is simply that natives must be right be sovereign in their own nation, meaning they and only they can determine who is allowed to immigrate to their nation....

however in the case of the US and Europe, somehow the third world has been led to believe that we are obligated to allow everyone and anyone under out roof and take care of these folks "who are only trying to improve their lives?.... how about improving their own lives by fixing their own nation?

as in Mexico, who will fix Mexico if not Mexicans?

I myself have wondered when this will happen here. Or are too many people brainwashed by La Raza and the ACLU. We really never see any big mass protests against illegals -- but they are always in the streets.

... we love our neighbors like we love our own kids.... but would we tolerate our kids and their offspring and friends coming to live with us ... whether we want to or not.... even if the guest-neighbors do the gardening for us..... NO!


America is still a SOVEREIGN nation.... so how come MEXICO determines US Immigration policy?

where is the US press on this?... why are they hiding this INCONVENIENT NEWS?


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05/26/2008 02:57 PMBISHOP ON ANTI-FOREIGNER VIOLENCE
'It Is a Disgrace to Be a South African'
Attacks against foreigners have been rampant in South Africa in recent weeks. SPIEGEL spoke with Johannesburg Bishop Paul Verryn, 56, about xenophobia among the political elite and why World Cup fans might want to re-think a trip to South Africa for the 2010 tournament.

SPIEGEL: Bishop Verry, for days hundreds of people from Zimbabwe and Malawi have sought shelter in your church from anti-immigrant mobs. What is behind the bloody attacks?

Paul Verryn: There are a number of different reasons. In the past, politicians and the media have painted a very negative image of foreigners, even branding them "illegal foreigners." Newspapers often emphasize when, for example, someone from Malawi was involved in a crime. That has fuelled prejudice. The deep division between rich and poor in our country has made things worse.

SPIEGEL: Why did the hate boil over simultaneously across the country?

Verryn: There have been attacks on foreigners before, just not as many. I think that the recent attacks were organized and planned very carefully. Politicians as well as local officials are behind them.

SPIEGEL: Can that be proved?

Verryn: Witnesses to the attacks have come to me and poured their hearts out. According to them, the secret service knew as early as four months ago that violence was brewing -- but the government did nothing.

SPIEGEL: What interest can the government possibly have in such pogroms?

Verryn: Hate is one reason. We still haven't left our history of apartheid behind us. Back then, hate was focused on entire groups in our society, especially on blacks, and was institutionalized. The attacks are likely supposed to prove that too many foreigners destabilize order in our country.

SPIEGEL: What needs to happen for the horror to be brought to an end?

Verryn: First of all, the police and the army have to be much more active. All political leaders must also clearly condemn the violence. And we need to apologize to neighboring countries for how we have treated their citizens. At the moment, it is a disgrace to be a South African. A number of Germans must have felt the same during World War II.

SPIEGEL: South Africa is going to play host to the World Cup soccer championships in 2010. Should foreign fans be afraid?

Verryn: Yes, if this is how our country treats foreigners. Everyone who wants to come should give it a second thought.

Interview conducted by Jan Puhl



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