March 10, 2022
View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
In addition to showing compassion for those victims of Russian military aggression, Black folks seem to be clear that Ukraine is between a rock and a hard place.
I have been intrigued at the interest and concern that Black people around me are expressing towards Ukraine. Not movement folks, the usual suspects. I’m talking…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
Russia’s Ukraine invasion helps the world see what our inhumanity toward each other looks like. Also, it highlights the persistence of a global racist social order even in a humanitarian crisis.
Russia has invaded Ukraine. European countries bordering Ukraine have welcomed its traumatized neighbors – an open-arm welcome in stark contrast with Black international students left out…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Rather than acknowledge the pain Ukrainian refugees are experiencing and speak of all refugees worldwide with the humanity they deserve, reporters have decided to pick and choose those who are worthy of media attention.
White reporters are really in their feelings over the sight of white refugees. Some of the news media have done an atrocious job of covering the…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Masses of refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, and elsewhere have faced racially motivated hostility in Europe. Now, Ukraine’s refugee crisis is revealing Western double standards.
It was inevitable that when brown-skinned Afghan refugees fleeing war were turned away from European borders over the past few years, the callous actions of these…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
unless we get back to disarmament, the long-term prospects for humanity are grim.
Here were Russia’s demands for months starting in early December 2021: Article 1: the parties should not strengthen their security at the expense of Russia’s security;…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
NATO, led by the USA, got into Putin’s grill on Ukraine, and Putin calculated that drawing his saber was a better choice than simply rattling it. Whether he who lives by the sword will die by it remains to be seen.
And so the dogs of war are off and running again, this time unleashed by Putin’s Russia against Ukraine. What is Putin up to? Is it…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
The United States can play a role in ensuring that Black folks fleeing Ukraine are fairly treated.
Most of us are riveted to the television, radio, or internet to learn more about what is happening in Ukraine. On one hand, it is a…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
This war is a part of some global realigning of power stuff playing out in front of our eyes, on our historical watch.
Yes, perhaps I am a tad too cynical and negative when it comes to believing “White” America has had some comin’ to baby Jesus moment over…
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