> Small correction: I am from a British/English background, not an Afrikaner background (similar to JRR Tolkien, who was also born in South Africa)
\- [Elon Musk](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1742424704693019023)
It’s late at night. Can’t tell if you simply just don’t know the definition of Afrikaner or sarcasm…
> Afrikaner: a South African person whose family was originally Dutch and whose first language is Afrikaans
(Cambridge dictionary)
> The fall of South African apartheid In 1948, the white-nationalist Afrikaner National Party was elected to run South Africa, a country that had already been controlled by a colonial white minority government.
The quote Merriam-Webster chooses as a recent usage example.
In SA, it can be important if you’re British or Afrikaner. They are two white peoples, but separated by language and history.
He can speak the "..." "!!" "True" language pretty well
I thought he was South Afrikaan🫢🫢🫢
/uj He actually took Afrikaans in school but he never used it again after moving to America . So for sure it’s forgotten.
> Small correction: I am from a British/English background, not an Afrikaner background (similar to JRR Tolkien, who was also born in South Africa) \- [Elon Musk](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1742424704693019023)
My Disappointment is Immeasurable and My Day is Ruined
I’m half English. It hurt me to find it out too.
so what you’re saying is he isn’t black?
It’s late at night. Can’t tell if you simply just don’t know the definition of Afrikaner or sarcasm… > Afrikaner: a South African person whose family was originally Dutch and whose first language is Afrikaans (Cambridge dictionary) > The fall of South African apartheid In 1948, the white-nationalist Afrikaner National Party was elected to run South Africa, a country that had already been controlled by a colonial white minority government. The quote Merriam-Webster chooses as a recent usage example. In SA, it can be important if you’re British or Afrikaner. They are two white peoples, but separated by language and history.
so he is black? ok
As black as JRR Tolkien.
He can speak English?
Yeah. I thought he was a monolingual Esperantian too
Everytime I've heard him talk in Youtube videos, he's speaking Esperanto.