South Africa: How 'Kill the Boer' Has Been Weaponised By Racists

‘Kill the Boer’ and ‘Free Palestine’ are preludes

The human instinct of a Columbia professor or campus crazies is identical to that of Hamas invaders murdering, burning and raping their way through the Gaza envelope. Opinion.

South Africa: How 'Kill the Boer' Has Been Weaponised By Racists

Extremists on both sides of South Africa's main ethnic divide misrepresent what it means

How “Kill the Boer” has been weaponised by racists

Extremists on both sides of South Africa’s main ethnic divide misrepresent what it means

How history of 'Kill the Boer' has been distorted

Words: Terry Bell / GroundUp Words can be plucked out of historical and literary context and weaponised. They can be used to harm individuals and groups or to rally bullies and persecutors. There have been classic examples in recent history, and last month, there was a globally broadcast example of a more recently abused term: Boer. It came up at the White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and SA President Cyril Ramaphosa. More tha…