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Why are all of the south african folks I meet white, when S. Africa is 7% white?

Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:01 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:01 pm
Seems like Bayesian calculations would show that the probability of meeting a black south African tourist here in America is far higher than the probability of meeting a white south African, yet of the many south African folks I encounter here, I don't think I have ever met one of native African descent. They are all the white European ones.

Considering the fact that South Africa is only 7% white, why is this the case? Are all 90% of black south Africans economically disadvantaged?

It goes to show how brutal the oppression/Apartheid was. Even now, as the years go by since it ended, they are still so much worse off than such a tiny minority of the country.
This post was edited on 5/27/15 at 11:06 pm
Posted by C
Houston
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:03 pm to
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economically disadvantaged?


yes. They are poor.
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:03 pm to
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Are all 90% of black South Africans disadvantaged?

Google "the apartheid" and you'll see the answer to your question
Posted by The Boat
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:03 pm to
Pretoria is majority white.
Posted by BayouBandit24
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:06 pm to
Answer seems pretty obvious man.
Posted by OleWar
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:06 pm to
I didn't think it was that low but according to wiki.

Note that while over one-fifth (20%) of each age group over 65 is white, whites form less than one-twentieth (5%) of South Africans under 5 years of age.
Posted by Kankles
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:07 pm to
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This post was edited on 6/8/15 at 8:33 pm
Posted by Minnesota Tiger
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:08 pm to
Give them another 20 years, and things will even out, just like they did in America after the civil rights act.
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:11 pm to
Ladysmith Black Mambazo is approximately 100% black, by my reckoning.



There are some smoke show finalists Boer females from Süd Afrika.
Posted by olemiss5931
Augusta, GA
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:15 pm to
white privilege
Posted by OleWar
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:21 pm to
Other then Oprah and Blacks in the U.S. military, I don't think many American Blacks travel often.
Posted by GRTiger
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:22 pm to
Wouldn't your point be helped by seeing if you could figure out the race of SA immigrants here, rather than using only personal experience? How many South African natives have you actually met?

That last question was rhetorical, btw. You'll of course lie to help prove your own point, but I think you get mine.
Posted by biglego
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:35 pm to
Bc the whites have enough money to get the hell out of there. Soon South Africa will be as awful as the rest of subSaharan africa.
Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:39 pm to
But, but, you're blek.
Posted by redstick13
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 12:34 am to
Because they're mostly poor and live in rural areas.
Posted by Kafka
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Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 12:45 am to
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S. Africa is 7% white
if they become US citizens they will be African-Americans, correct?
Posted by lsugradman
Member since Sep 2003
8633 posts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 4:12 am to
South Africa probably has the largest percentage of white expats in the world (compared to whites who were born there). I know many South Africans and have traveled there and its very very difficult to be a white South African there now. Most white native SA's are living abroad and have no plans to ever move back.
Posted by VanCleef
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 4:40 am to
I recommend a documentary called "Tell me and I will Forget." It is on Netflix.
It follows paramedics in South Africa and it reveals the real problems that exist there. It makes New Orleans, DC, Chicago and Detroit look tame by comparison.
It will also answer your question since you obviously didn't pay attention in history class or never read world news.
Posted by List Eater
Htown
Member since Apr 2005
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 4:48 am to
The only South Africans I can think of have the same 2 things in common


Ernie Els
Gary Player
David Frost
Retief Goosen
Trevor Immelman
Louis Oosthuizen
Rory Sabbatini
Charl Schwartzel


Eta, you're right I have never met or seen a non white South African.
This post was edited on 5/28/15 at 4:55 am
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
68517 posts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 5:50 am to
How many black people- from any country- visit or immigrate to the United States?
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