Dozens of Aussies have applied to move to Russia. But immigrating can backfire
www.abc.net.au
Some were fleeing wokeness. Others said they were sick of racism. But for Westerners seeking a better life in Russia, things can backfire — badly.

She moved to Moscow from Miami in 2019 — before Mr Putin’s new scheme was introduced — seeking to escape racism in the United States.

Earlier this month, the Black woman took to social media with a bloodied face, saying she’d been attacked by bigoted neighbours

In a video uploaded on Instagram this month, Ms Villa says her neighbours changed the locks to her apartment and cut off her electricity.

A 2021 report by Amnesty International said “violent racism” was “out of control” in Russia.

It said attacks, including killings, were reported with “shocking regularity” and that “anyone who does not look typically Russian” was at risk.

Also talks of the Texas family posted elsewhere in here. Still alive … Apparently.

  • roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 days ago

    There’s the whole thing where if you’re white, even if you’re not a bigot, you benefit from systemic racism and a bunch of stupid motherfuckers unable or unwilling to think twist that into “all white people are racist.”

    But in my experience the venn diagram between those people and bigots that don’t like being called out is a circle.

    Edit: To be completely fair, I have occasionally seen (in print, never in person) the opinion that benefiting from systemic racism makes all white people racist, even if they don’t act or think in any bigoted ways, even if they’re actively anti-racist. But I always assumed those brain-dead takes would be rejected out of hand by any reasonable person, and certainly not lead someone to think the culture in general labels them as a racist just for being white. But I wouldn’t be surprised to learn those articles, or whatever, were boosted in racist spaces to feed their bullshit about “white oppression.”