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Black Immigrants Report Racist Treatment As They Try To Flee Ukraine
Newsweek ^ | 2/28/2022 | Khaleda Rahman

Posted on 02/28/2022 5:01:30 PM PST by Nextrush

Black immigrants have reported experiencing racism and being stopped from fleeing to safety as Russia continues its assault against Ukraine.

More than 500,000 refugees have fled from Ukraine into neighboring countries since Russian invaded its neighbor last week.

But African students trapped in the country have taken to social media to document the hurdles and hostility they faced while trying to flee, raising awareness for their plight using the hashtag #AfricansInUkraine on Twitter.

Several videos have gone viral on social medis appear to show Black people being denied access to trains, including one that showed Ukrainian forces apparently pushing s Black girl off a train but allowing a white girl onboard...

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: eussr; fakenews; fourthreich; newsweak; racism; racisthoax; ukraine
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Racism in Ukraine.

In Jim Crow days here in the USA it was the back of the bus but this story here says the black woman was thrown off the train in Ukraine.

1 posted on 02/28/2022 5:01:30 PM PST by Nextrush
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They are prioritizing citizens over the foreigner. They are also keeping men in Ukraine so they can fight.


2 posted on 02/28/2022 5:02:52 PM PST by Jonty30 (How can you claim to help me with my healthcare costs when you can't pay for your own?)
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“Page not found”


3 posted on 02/28/2022 5:02:56 PM PST by House Atreides
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Ha ha ha ha. Ukrainians are not doormat Republicans. They couldn’t be care less about this smear right now.


4 posted on 02/28/2022 5:03:15 PM PST by lodi90
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To: Nextrush

Here is the link:

https://newsweek.com/black-immigrants-report-racist-treatment-flee-ukraine-1683216


5 posted on 02/28/2022 5:04:32 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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They’re not impressing black men into an ad hoc Ukrainian militia.


6 posted on 02/28/2022 5:04:44 PM PST by struggle
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“Immigrants”? They’re not immigrants.


7 posted on 02/28/2022 5:05:00 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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And just like that, liberals started rooting for Putin.


8 posted on 02/28/2022 5:06:42 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Ship BLM members to Ukraine to help!


9 posted on 02/28/2022 5:06:54 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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Racism, the new zeitgeist of the age, eclipsing the ten commandments and every other moral code. All hail racism?


10 posted on 02/28/2022 5:07:06 PM PST by Fungi
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To: Nextrush

This story is nonsensical. There are 40 million Ukrainians. So far, less than 200,000 have fled as refugees. Yet, 500,000 black immigrants fled. Were they there legally, in the first place?


11 posted on 02/28/2022 5:08:43 PM PST by chuckee
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Some have slept here for 2 days under this scorching cold weather.

Must be terrible weather to have "scorching cold weather.

12 posted on 02/28/2022 5:09:15 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Encourage and fund our liberals & Antifa to move to Canada. Conservative Canadians can move here!)
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Yeah, scorching cold weather can be miserable. It's amazing what global warming climate change can do. ;-)
13 posted on 02/28/2022 5:13:55 PM PST by ken in texas
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I am so tired of this is media obsession. I no longer care.


14 posted on 02/28/2022 5:17:28 PM PST by skeeter
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Hate it like I hate freezing hot weather . . .


15 posted on 02/28/2022 5:19:50 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Nextrush

They already made it to the U.S.?


16 posted on 02/28/2022 5:19:56 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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ukraine invaded by russia, but according to the communist msm, “africans hardest hit!”


17 posted on 02/28/2022 5:21:07 PM PST by imabadboy99
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To: Nextrush

Invasive occupiers are not a race.


18 posted on 02/28/2022 5:22:39 PM PST by 3rdTruths
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If blacks were given priority egress out of Ukraine, the narrative would STILL be “Racism!”.


19 posted on 02/28/2022 5:24:37 PM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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“Africans And Immigrants Hardest Hit”


20 posted on 02/28/2022 5:26:42 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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