[bigblackknees]

This story has definitely spun into a bit of misinformation. Many of African students ended up at the wrong borders because their own nations gave them bad information of where to go, hence why their treatment at the border was negative. Ukraine has apologized for any racism these students experienced, and their respective African nations have apologized as well. In regards to beating up non european descend people, that's just Eastern Europe, you get rocked for being from a different city, it's what it is. It's definitely a story to keep the racism narrative alive for the Western world only because how irrelevant it is COMPARED to Putin savagely killing citizens, no regard for human life.

I know what you mean. There are a few stories where there is genuine racism occurring, and I feel for those people. It shouldn't be happening to them. However, that is probably 0.1% of the overall refugee experience. I do also personally believe it's hyped up worse than it is, because race is very topical in western media. I think most people watching are sitting there thinking "yes, ok, that's unpleasant, meanwhile there are children dying!?"

It's very "western" to focus on anything racial in a conflict like this. There's much worse occurring than simple border screwups. Kids are dying, hospitals are being bombed.

Woke up and decided to say pure facts I see.

[theCommander]

My experience with racism in that region is that it is quite common but that is an outsider looking in so what does theCommander know

[Boudica]

I know what you mean. There are a few stories where there is genuine racism occurring, and I feel for those people. It shouldn't be happening to them. However, that is probably 0.1% of the overall refugee experience. I do also personally believe it's hyped up worse than it is, because race is very topical in western media. I think most people watching are sitting there thinking "yes, ok, that's unpleasant, meanwhile there are children dying!?"

It's very "western" to focus on anything racial in a conflict like this. There's much worse occurring than simple border screwups. Kids are dying, hospitals are being bombed.

Woke up and decided to say pure facts I see.

What? xD

My experience with racism in that region is that it is quite common but that is an outsider looking in so what does theCommander know

That's doesn't make your experience invalid. It just exists through your world-lens is all. When you say it's quite common, is there an example of the kinds of things you'd see occur?