Liberal media outlets find themselves in a truly difficult position when looking at immigration in South Africa.
Black South Africans are supposedly victims — they are black and African, after all — but immigrants are victims, too.
Where does that leave us when black South Africans start expressing strong anti-immigrant sentiments against black immigrants?
It’s a quagmire for neo-Marxist ideologues in deciding which victim group to support.
Among the left-wing outlets trying to find their bearings with this news comes The Wall Street Journal, which reported on the situation on June 28.
Africans from countries like Ghana, Mozambique, and Malawi have been subjected to beatings, killings, and calls for them to return home.
South Africans have taken up spears, clubs, and whips to make it known that these people are not welcome.
Ide Juma, a 35-year-old Mozambican, said he was beaten outside the barber shop he worked for.
“I go to the police and they shoot me,” he said. “We have papers. Why do they not treat us like human beings?”
Juma had been legally in the country for a decade when he was targeted by March & March, an anti-immigrant group.
The group calls itself a “grassroots citizen movement,” saying they are “addressing growing concerns about undocumented immigration in South Africa.”
“What began as conversations among communities affected by issues related to illegal immigration, employment competition, and access to public services, evolved into an organized advocacy movement,” its website added.
The Wall Street Journal said they have called for immigration enforcement and economic opportunities for South African natives who are citizens.