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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month ago

Trump’s pick for ambassador to South Africa actively opposed fight to end apartheid

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Trump’s pick for ambassador to South Africa actively opposed fight to end apartheid

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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month ago
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Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid
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As Black activists in South Africa fought against their country’s racist apartheid...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Brent_Bozell_III

He had been nominated in January to head the US AGM but now that it is being dismantled he’s nominated for ambassador to South Africa instead.

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  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    So did Elon’s parents, or was it his grandparents… so did Clarence Thomas or was it his idol, I forget.

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      It was Clarence Thomas himself, he worked with pro apartied South African Lobbyists during the Reagan era and with their lobby, The Lincoln Review:

      https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/08/opinion/l-judge-thomas-s-south-africa-connection-needs-clarification-858891.html

      As for Musk, let’s just say it was all of them.

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        Why does Clarence hate black people so much?

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          I only know what I know from the Behind the Bastards episodes about him, and it’s kinda difficult to summarize:

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Ks-RN8zOI

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            Thanks. Adding this to my watch list.

      • TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works
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        Why did I think that was Hilary?

  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    “Make Afrikaners Great Again”

  • TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml
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    Anyone surprised?

  • Trebuchet@lemm.ee
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    He looks totally normal

  • Zerush@lemmy.ml
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    Next, Trump invades Pol… Greenland

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    Shocking. /s

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    Can a country “choose” the ambassador of another country? That’s counterintuitive to me

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      Can a country “choose” the ambassador of another country? That’s counterintuitive to me

      Countries choose their own ambassador to another country. The nominee this article is about is from the US.

      Separately however, countries can choose to accept or reject the ambassadors other countries send to them. It’s very uncommon to reject them, but actually South Africa’s ambassador to the US was expelled earlier this month. I wouldn’t be surprised if South Africa doesn’t accept Bozell.

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        Oh, that’s what I missed, I read the header with my mind in the previous expulsion, so I thought US now picked a guy to represent South Africa.

        Thanks!

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