days since russian appropriated ukrainian stories in the most revolting manner: 0
https://twitter.com/n1ckism/status/1608585982173122560
imagine german bands doing a holocaust music show in 1944 🤮
seeing any russian appropriating the sacral word “bucha” for a music show makes me lose my last shit. bucha, where russians slaughtered and raped through women, men & little kids. bucha that became synonymous with genocide. putin or anti-putin - it is all a fucking show for them
after allowing my rage to vent a bit, here’s a simple breakdown for foreigners: learn about power dynamic here first. russians have been oppressing, enslaving and genociding ukrainians for centuries. that included aggressive cultural appropriation and stealing of our stories
them appropriating, fetishizing and instrumentalizing ukrainian genocide that is still being conducted by russians is as inappropriate as say any germans doing the same with holocaust while it was still happening. educate yourself on #RussianColonialism
twitter.com/i/events/15081…
twitter.com/i/events/15081…
there’s also the issue of foreigners celebrating it. a classic “all lives matter” case: ignoring the context of unequal power dynamic between the oppressing group and the oppressed, dismissing history of multi-generational oppression, equalizing the abuser and victim
this is a long way of saying: don’t be an ignorant jerk, listen to ukrainians and follow their lead if you claim to be our ally
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