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Therefore the Afrikaner designation encompasses a macro Afrikaans speaking group most of whom do not have Boer heritage. The Boer people consist of about 37 % to 40 % of the total White Afrikaans speaking population hence the error of presuming that they are part of the bulk of the Afrikaners. A term which just means African as all established people in Africa are. While critics will often observe that there has been some "intermarriage" among the two groups: the fact of the matter is that not to the point of having eroded or negated the existence of the distinct groups. Furthermore assimilation into one or the other will often favour the group whom one is being assimilated into & not tend to create a hybrid new group.  

Therefore the Afrikaner designation encompasses a macro Afrikaans speaking group most of whom do not have Boer heritage. The Boer people consist of about 37 % to 40 % of the total White Afrikaans speaking population hence the error of presuming that they are part of the bulk of the Afrikaners. A term which just means African as all established people in Africa are. While critics will often observe that there has been some "intermarriage" among the two groups: the fact of the matter is that not to the point of having eroded or negated the existence of the distinct groups. Furthermore assimilation into one or the other will often favour the group whom one is being assimilated into & not tend to create a hybrid new group.  

While distinctions were often tapered over or played down officially for political reasons during the 20th cent the Boer people still do in fact exist as a distinct group despite the fact that many are still conditioned to view themselves as Afrikaners as well. Due to the fact that the Afrikaner designation is controlled by the Cape Dutch descendents: the Boer people were [ & are still ] dominated by them as their numbers & votes scuppers Boer aspirations as was most notable all throughout the 2oth cent particularly when the Boers tried to regain their Boer Republics during the 1940s before the Afrikaner establishment organized & broke it down to nothing.  [[User:Ronp5|Ronp5]] 22:19, 3 October 2009 (EDT)

While distinctions were often tapered over or played down officially for political reasons during the 20th cent the Boer people still do in fact exist as a distinct group despite the fact that many are still conditioned to view themselves as Afrikaners as well. Due to the fact that the Afrikaner designation is controlled by the Cape Dutch descendents: the Boer people were [ & are still ] dominated by them as their numbers & votes scuppers Boer aspirations as was most notable all throughout the 20th cent particularly when the Boers tried to regain their Boer Republics during the 1940s before the Afrikaner establishment organized & broke it down to nothing.   

 

[[User:Ronp5|Ronp5]] 22:19, 3 October 2009 (EDT)