idk, Western media people kinda being a little bit racist right now 😳 (a thread)
"This isn't a place, with all due respect, like Iraq or Afghanistan who has seen conflict rage for decades. This is a relatively civilized, relatively European - I have to choose those words carefully - city where you wouldn't expect that or hope that it was going to happen."
"now the unthinkable has happened to them, and this is not a developing third world nation, this is Europe"
"what's compelling is just looking at them, the way they're dressed. these are prosperous middle class people, these are not obviously refugees trying to get away from areas in the Middle East [or] North Africa, they look like any European family you would live next door to"
“We’re not talking here about Syrians fleeing the bombing of the Syrian regime backed by Putin, we’re talking about Europeans leaving in cars that look like ours to save their lives.”
"it's really emotional for me because I see European people with blue eyes and blond hair being killed"
when asked about what changed in Poland's policy towards refugees from Syria vs. Ukraine
"just to put it bluntly, these are not refugees from Syria, these are refugees from neighboring Ukraine. I mean that, quite frankly, it is part of it. these are Christians, they are white"
feel free to add your own as you find them these are just ones i've come across randomly on twitter
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