Afrikaner politicians now frame farm murders as genocide against whites

Evidence

These discourses of threat and genocide are gaining ground in public discourses of Afrikaner identity, with farm murders in South Africa increasingly being labelled ‘genocide’ by Afrikaner politicians. This is concerning, because it is when the out-group can be constructed as a genuine threat to the existence of the in-group that extreme acts can be justified as noble and just, although this discursive step was not taken by participants in the present study. — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 193

Categorization

• QUESTION: A direct data point for whether Afrikaner victimhood/grievance discourse transferred from the public to a new, still-powerful form after losing political dominance.
• XREF: Connects to theories of competitive victimhood and ‘replacement’ narratives circulating across Western white identitarian movements. — connects to: Afrikaners frame post-1994 life as shared victimhood against white men. — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 140; Displaced Afrikaners frame their loss as an exterminatory racial onslaught — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 177; Genocide labelling of farm murders legitimizes extreme acts against out-groups (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Post-apartheid Afrikaner narratives of genocide echo Verwoerd-era ‘last stand’ rhetoric #expands (0.90) — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 178
• Genocide labelling of farm murders legitimizes extreme acts against out-groups #expands (0.85)