What Russia is doing is blueprint colonialism.
Putin can kill Ukrainians so easily because he doesn't see them as full human beings. Doesn't matter the race or ethnicity. A hallmark colonialism is subjugating folk to less than human.
Put has done this to Ukrainians for years.
Putin can kill Ukrainians so easily because he doesn't see them as full human beings. Doesn't matter the race or ethnicity. A hallmark colonialism is subjugating folk to less than human.
Put has done this to Ukrainians for years.
I wrote this article back in 2017 calling Russia a supremacist state. It pissed a lot of people off.😂 Folks can nitpick it all they want (and may have a few legit points of contention), but I stand by my thesis.
Putin runs a Russian suprematist state.
washingtonpost.com/news/global-op…
Putin runs a Russian suprematist state.
washingtonpost.com/news/global-op…
The way that many Ukrainians say that the average Russian is accountable for Putin is the same manner in which Black folks in America hold the average white person accountable for white supremacy: you are eligible to participate in it, whether you choose to or not.
And if you, as a white person, don't fight white supremacy in your own way, you're participating in holding up the power structure. I think many Ukrainians make a similar argument about the average Russian, which so many folks on here wanna protect like newborn babies.
We can debate the semantics of word choice (blah, blah, blah) and I am not saying Ukrainians and Black folk share the same history of hate. (Don't read this in bad faith, people). But there are parallels in how systems of ethnic-based supremacy suppress our agencies.
And many folks dismiss Russian supremacy/racism as mere "chauvinism."
Y'all need to stop. 😂
Y'all need to stop. 😂
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