From South Africa to the US, white victimhood knows no borders | Opinions

On March 3, Tucker Carlson, an American political commentator popular among MAGA conservatives and the global far right, held an odd and disturbing interview with South African right-wing activist and deputy CEO of Afriforum, Ernst Roets. Afriforum is a right-wing South African NGO dedicated to advancing the interests of Afrikaners –  descendants of mainly Dutch colonial settlers who formalised the segregationist system of apartheid in 1948.

The discussion, titled “Man charged with…