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Woman Becomes First South African Imprisoned for Racist Speech
NY Times ^ | March 29, 2018 | Richard Perez-Pena

Posted on 03/29/2018 3:28:57 AM PDT by C19fan

If Vicki Momberg had only unleashed a high-volume tirade at the South African police officers, video of it would have been of mere passing interest. But her repeated use of a racial slur — unfamiliar to most Americans, but explosive in South Africa — made her notorious, and led to demands to make her an example. On Wednesday, Ms. Momberg, a white woman, became the first person in South Africa to be sent to prison for using racist language against someone, according to prosecutors and legal experts. Specifically, she hurled the term “kaffir,” considered the most offensive racial slur in South Africa — so radioactive socially that it is often referred to as “the k-word.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: race; speech
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The poor woman was sentenced to 3 years in prison. If I remember right Ruth Ginsberg cited the SA Constitution as superior to the US. Money quote:

But many white people criticized the prosecution and sentence as highlighting what they called a double-standard, because black people — including politicians — have not been penalized for insults and threats of violence to whites.

All animals are equal....

1 posted on 03/29/2018 3:28:57 AM PDT by C19fan
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“Specifically, she hurled the term “kaffir,”...so radioactive socially that it is often referred to as “the k-word.””

I wonder if they have their own word for Polish people.


2 posted on 03/29/2018 3:34:32 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: C19fan

Ethnic cleansing is coming to South Africa.

First step was to make it unpleasant for non-blacks.

Next is legal camps.

Death squads is last.

Same playbook as Nazis.


3 posted on 03/29/2018 3:46:13 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: equaviator

THE CRIME: “Hurling” unapproved words

THE PENALTY: 3 years in prison


4 posted on 03/29/2018 3:54:41 AM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Republican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Jewbacca

Oh yeah, it’s coming there. That woman should have left a long time ago.


5 posted on 03/29/2018 3:58:47 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Iron Munro

Keeping that from ever happening here is worth “literally”
fighting for.


6 posted on 03/29/2018 3:58:47 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Jewbacca

This will all be followed by dramatic climate change. A severe drought will cause a shortage of food. Isn’t it odd how this happens so often?


7 posted on 03/29/2018 4:02:48 AM PDT by Vehmgericht ( stop)
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Kaffir (alternatively kaffer; originally cafri) is an ethnic slur used to refer to a black person. In the form of cafri, it evolved during the pre-colonial period as an equivalent of "negro". In Southern Africa, the term was later used as an exonym for Bantu peoples. The designation came to be considered a pejorative by the 20th century.

In South Africa, the word was loosely used to refer to native South Africans. It was adopted as a derogatory term after 1948 when the Apartheid system was established. Under crimen injuria, the epithet kaffir has been actionable in the justice system of South Africa since 1976. In 2000, the South African parliament also enacted the Promotion of Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, which has among its primary objectives the prevention of hate speech terms such as kaffir. When describing the term, the euphemism the K-word is now often used instead of kaffir.

Kaffir has also been used to refer to an ethnic group in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Kaffirs, who are partially descended from 16th century Portuguese traders and the slaves that they brought from their colonies in Africa to work as labourers and soldiers. Unlike in South Africa, the Sri Lankan Kaffirs do not consider the term offensive.

SOURCE

8 posted on 03/29/2018 4:10:48 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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Vicky Momberg
9 posted on 03/29/2018 4:13:53 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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Yet very little coverage of white S.A. farmers being butchered...


10 posted on 03/29/2018 4:17:38 AM PDT by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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To: equaviator

There are very few Poles there. The common slur against Poles is derived from the Polish word for a Polish man - Polak (a woman is a Polka)


11 posted on 03/29/2018 4:33:57 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: C19fan

Does her family own a farm or some land that can be stolen?


12 posted on 03/29/2018 4:35:40 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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Just a small part of what they are doing: eliminating Whites, after taking all their money. Same thing happening here, but more slowly.


13 posted on 03/29/2018 4:36:50 AM PDT by I want the USA back (*slam is not a religion. It is a political movement to establish a religion.)
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For reasons that would take time to explain I have something of an interest in South Africa.

That having been said I have a couple of observations.1) I have recently seen a video (on youtube IIRC) of the *President* of South Africa singing,with others,a well known song among blacks in the country specifically celebrating that wanton murder of whites.I'll look it up and if I find it I'll post a link.2) South Africa is just about the most violent country on earth.They have a murder rate,per capita,that's something like 10 times what ours is (I'll look that up too).The overwhelming majority of these violent crimes are committed by blacks.

None of this necessarily justifies rude,insulting comments.But,IMO,it tends to show that racism goes both ways in that country and the racism shown by blacks toward whites all-too-often involves murder or threats of murder.

14 posted on 03/29/2018 4:37:05 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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Well,I was wrong.South Africa's murder rate isn't quite 10 times what ours is.According to wikipedia our murder rate is 4.88 and South Africa's is 34.27.I assume those figures are "per 100,000 population" as is usually the case with stats like that.

Also,I found the President of South Africa singing.He's the guy at the mic wearing the yellow shirt.I assume that the guys in camouflage seen dancing are either soldiers or police (South Africa's police are "national",not municipal/county/state like ours).

President of South Africa sings "Kill The Boer"

15 posted on 03/29/2018 4:52:03 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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To: Jewbacca

You are correct.

Thus, the push to disarm the public.

None of what the communists did prior to the Nazi’s was doable without gun confiscation. The Nazi’s were not the originator of the pattern...the Bolsheviks were. But, in true German style the most efficient at implementing it.

In the “what if” game, one has to wonder how far the Bolsheviks would have gone has WW2 not intervened. Would they have implemented their own version of the Final Solution had they the opportunity? I think that what the Bolsheviks would have done would have made Hitler look like a piker.


16 posted on 03/29/2018 5:02:53 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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We are all Kaffirs.

It comes from the Arabic word for unbeliever and referred to all non Muslims.


17 posted on 03/29/2018 5:13:15 AM PDT by slorunner
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Kaffir (alternatively kaffer; originally cafri) is an ethnic slur used to refer to a black person...

I guess I should refrain from saying 'shvartze'.

18 posted on 03/29/2018 5:15:04 AM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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Sixteen posts later, and you win the golden khaffir award for understanding the root.

Congratulations!
Its that same root when combined with the marxists that gave America it’s favourite abd, BHO.
It’s that same root, the marxist muslim coalition which is at war with the white people globally.

And yes, Africa is a powerful weapon. We see them invading Europe now.

The part I still have a problem understanding is how can the African bow down to islam when islam has been the greatest thief of resources including slaves since the beginning of time....Islam is the most oppressive force known to mankind.

It shows you the power of propaganda and a stupid people.


19 posted on 03/29/2018 5:49:52 AM PDT by himno hero (hadnuff)
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Take a hint, white people.


20 posted on 03/29/2018 5:50:48 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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