maybe i should apply for refugee status in south africa.
i mean, if this white south african guy can apply for, and get, refugee status in canada because he doesn't qualify for the point system there, then i should be able to get refugee status here. i mean, i've got a couple of university degrees, can get by in more than one of the nation's official languages, own property...
god, this guy is so much fail. i mean, really? a soutie who can't qualify for canadian residency and can only get it through refugee status? did this boy sleep in school and just not show up for his matric exams? [you can pretty much figure out my comments on the above nyt site.]
a commentator on the thought leader blogs has put it out there in the best way possible here. and this is the reason why the south african government is upset about it. "a white guy from cape town can't get a job because of affirmative action? oh, please."
there's a canadian commentator on thought leader who thinks the guy has a point -- except he's based in durban. i actually think he misses the point. if you are white and you can't make it in cape town -- a city where people get off the plane from london and munich on a daily basis and manage to have both jobs and work permits in less than a month -- then there is something wrong with you, not the system. [even though there are serious problems with "the system".]
personally, i think that maybe this guy *should* be dead weight somewhere else. it's pretty clear that his afrikaans is not up to scratch, which means that in the one community in cape town where it's okay to be a white loser, and provisions are still made for dead weight... he can't even get work. but since, oh, afrikaans was a mandatory language of instruction until he was in 11th grade [if he graduated on time, and this guy is stupid enough that he may not have] -- he's out of luck. again, whose fault is that?
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BARBAROS: someone from a foreign land, whose language you don't understand, sounds like blah blah blah XENOS: someone from a foreign land whose language you do understand, such people are seen as guests KWEREKWERE: a south african word referring to the former, almost always meaning foreign black africans
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This is what I have said at Thought Leader and what's your take?
What must we do when his assylum applications is reviewd and set aside, or even worse, it's disregarded and he's asked to return to his 'racist country where he will be a 'sore thum' and can't be protected by his country?
Do we disown his, by means of not being regarded as a South African, and given the options og applying for citizenship at any other country he see fits and we accept his as one of us?
i'm sure the boere are calling him a typical soutie. personally, i'm pretty incredulous that he would try to game the system like that.
but, hey, like i said. i'd think about working the refugee angle, but i want to attend some reunion and family functions in the usa in the next couple of years. hm.
i might bring up huntley the next time i put my residence application in. who knows?
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