A South African farmer who moved his family to the United States in 2019 to escape violence is now thriving in Huntsville. It's a place where he can go to the bank and actually see the teller. It's a place where he doesn't need 36 locks to keep people out of his home. It's a place where his wife can walk along in a park and feel safe.

Those are simple things Jason Bartlett does not take for granted.

Bartlett has a large following on social media. He talks about his home country, his journey to asylum, and the new life he has built in Alabama. He works at a golf club and farms. His life is peaceful, but it hasn't always been that way.

South Africa sees more than 27,000 murders each year. In the U.S., with a much larger population, there are around 20,000 murders each year.

From a young age, Bartlett said he watched the escalation of "radical violence" in South Africa, which he said targeted white people. Members of his church were attacked and murdered. Family members were brutally attacked.

In 2015, Bartlett was attacked by two black men on a bridge. He was stabbed but fought off the attackers. At the time, he was working in Cape Town, which was considered a safe haven. But after his wife was attacked, the family decided to flee the area.

By 2019, Bartlett was working on a cruise ship to escape the violence. AfriForum, which tracks farm attacks, reported that from 2019 to 2024, there was an average of 676 farm attacks each week. During that same time period, 3,240 victims were either murdered, assaulted, raped, or threatened, or present at the scene of an attack. Based on the data, white farmers were disproportionately targeted.

Bartlett would stay in the farm areas with his family between cruises. After flying back to Miami on one trip, Bartlett learned that his cousin had been attacked while having a barbecue with family.

"Eight black men who broke into the house while he was having a barbecue outside shot him through the back of the head," Barlett recalled. "The bullet came out just above his eye. They then threw him into the fire, as well and burned him and urinated on him."

Miraculously, the cousin survived. But his wife and two young daughters witnessed the attack. The family was tied up and struck with crowbars as the assailants ransacked their home. When police arrived, Bartlett said they refused to document the incident and called it "a normal break-in."

As a Christian, Bartlett said he believes God saved the family.

"It's nothing other than a miracle," he said.

Since moving to Alabama, Bartlett has kept in contact with family in South Africa. They are living behind 10-foot electric fences and fear for their lives daily. Bartlett's family is not alone. Homes along city streets are barricaded by tall fences fortified with spikes or electrical fencing.

"It's just amplifying, and it's getting worse and worse every single day, and it shows no signs of stopping," Bartlett said of the violence. "It's complete anarchy there. It's complete anarchy, and it's not safe for white people anymore."

Bartlett believes the government, law enforcement, and the media conceal what's happening in South Africa because it is a failed DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) project. He warns that DEI policy could be dangerous in the U.S.

"They don't know what the DEI projects lead to," Bartlett said. "South Africa is a DEI project that has completely failed. That's why it's being covered up so well, because the American mainstream media also covers it up for them. It's because if that fails, their whole program fails. It is a complete and utter disaster, and they're trying to hide it."

After being in the U.S. for seven years, Bartlett said he has already witnessed the divide between blacks and whites.

"They can just stand up and shout the BLM and black lives matters, and you're not allowed to say anything about your white race because then you're the racist," Bartlett explained. "The American people, in the most kindest way, are the most generous people, and I absolutely love living here. However, they need to wake up more. They are already starting to wake up; they can see it, but they need to wake up more and challenge the people everywhere they go. They need to push policies. They need to go and vote. They need to get out because the Democratic Party in this country is self-loathing and self-hating."

As a 39-year-old man who has seen significant change in his home country, Bartlett warned that DEI can take a world-class country and annihilate its culture and broader civilization. Bartlett said he is thankful for the freedom and safety he enjoys in Alabama.

"It's offered us a future where we can put our heads down and work hard and absolutely thrive," he said in tears. "It's difficult to put it into words, to be walking around a country that actually loves you."

Bartlett is working towards becoming a U.S. citizen. He said he has followed all the procedures and hopes to see the results next year. In the meantime, he said he wants to continue to promote hormone-free, pesticide-free, locally grown food. He is living in Huntsville, which he calls a "booming town," – no pun intended.

"It is booming," he said. "I mean, you've got rockets. I think the FBI is coming here. The buildings are coming here. Space Force is coming here. This is just a place to be. It's thriving. We just want to work and add to our communities. So, I think that's why the Lord brought me to Alabama, because I think there's so much opportunity."

Bartlett said that as a foreigner, he believes it is his duty to assimilate and work for the country.

"We don't want free handouts," said Bartlett. "We want to pay our taxes so we can live safely, and that's all we want. We just want some safety and freedom, and we don't want to be discriminated against by 146 laws because we are white."

"I think America is excited to see foreigners coming to their country that are not stealing from them and not burning the place down, but actually building the place up and adding to society and putting Americans first," he continued. "It took me about 10 seconds to integrate into this community. These people from the south are just like us. They hardly even ask where you're from. They just see your morals and your values are the same, and when you're sitting in church, and you're praising the same God, they realize this is not the enemy. This is someone that's here to build and help make America great and keep it healthy and keep it safe."

With each trip to the bank and every evening stroll in the park, Bartlett thanks God.

"It's just the simple things that make it so awesome," he said. "That's why almost every video I make, I end with 'Alabama is awesome' or 'America is awesome,' because it really is."

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