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In reply to the discussion: Something's happening here, but you don't know what it is. Russian students are [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)19. Yeah--Joe Stalin said it doesn't matter how people vote--it matters who COUNTS those votes!
You trust "notoriously conservative" Gallup? That's your first problem--those idiots predicted Mitt in a landslide.
More to the point, you believe that the Russians collecting the data worked for Gallup, and Gallup alone? I have a bridge to sell you--good price.
Your naivete is almost quaint. And you have absolutely nothing to laugh about, rolling on the floor or otherwise, because you are woefully ill-informed. Your double-down apologias are pretty disturbing, frankly.
Here's some light reading/viewing for you, since you're back in the days of "REDS" when it comes to Russian racial attitudes:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4737468.stm
While much of the violence seems to be purely racist, some believe Africans are also targeted as scapegoats for Russian society's ills and the media is often accused of fostering an image of African students as drug-dealers.
The attacks have turned murderous in recent years. In St Petersburg, three Africans have been killed in suspected race attacks since September.
Non-African foreign students have also been murdered, but it is the black students who attract most attention from the racists.
Juldas, now leader of the African students at RUDN, says "monkey" insults and actual assaults are so frequent that students have ceased reporting them.
The attacks have turned murderous in recent years. In St Petersburg, three Africans have been killed in suspected race attacks since September.
Non-African foreign students have also been murdered, but it is the black students who attract most attention from the racists.
Juldas, now leader of the African students at RUDN, says "monkey" insults and actual assaults are so frequent that students have ceased reporting them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8230158.stm
Nearly 60% of black and African people living in Russia's capital Moscow have been physically assaulted in racially motivated attacks, says a new study.
Africans working or studying in the city live in constant fear of attack, according to the report by the Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy.
A quarter of 200 people surveyed said they had been assaulted more than once. Some 80% had been verbally abused.
But the number of assaults was down from the MPC's last survey in 2002.
The report's clear conclusion was that Africans living in Russia exist in a state of virtual siege, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield Hayes in Moscow.
Africans working or studying in the city live in constant fear of attack, according to the report by the Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy.
A quarter of 200 people surveyed said they had been assaulted more than once. Some 80% had been verbally abused.
But the number of assaults was down from the MPC's last survey in 2002.
The report's clear conclusion was that Africans living in Russia exist in a state of virtual siege, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield Hayes in Moscow.
"This is not a place where a black man should live for long."
Black/African beating gay bashers with no free press. Keep cheerleading! Rah, rah, siss-boom-bah! Maybe they need to attend to the beam in their OWN eye, eh?
Bottom line--no wonder George Bush and Pootie Poot saw eye to eye--Vlad don't care about black people, either.
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Something's happening here, but you don't know what it is. Russian students are [View all]
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
OP
it's happening around the world, many are doing it to take attention away from their own
JI7
Aug 2014
#1
If you say so. Are the students outside the U.S. embassy in Moscow also a joke?
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#4
Sigh. So sorry they don't meet your standards of moral purity. Would Jesus the
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#6
Wait, I thought a country didn't have to be perfect to criticize other countries.
JoeyT
Aug 2014
#42
I also remember protests against Putin policies by Russian students and some entertainers.
kelliekat44
Aug 2014
#47
Of course they don't all support Putin, and they'll support him less and less as sanctions take hold
MADem
Aug 2014
#49
Silly me, I guess I didn't get the memo that Putin = Stalin = Hitler. (Somehow, the
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#9
Yeah--Joe Stalin said it doesn't matter how people vote--it matters who COUNTS those votes!
MADem
Aug 2014
#19
Wow, thanks for the revelations.. I hadn't heard anything about racism per se in Russia but
Cha
Aug 2014
#27
It's HORRIBLE there--and black people are scapegoated; used as a way to vent frustrations, just like
MADem
Aug 2014
#36
"The Russian government doesn't give a shit about black people, and they are actively opposed to
Cha
Aug 2014
#38
Hey there. Thanks for posting. Well, at least we're not led by an evil Satanic dictator who
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#30
"Are these really Russians supporting Brown or are these Russians mocking the USA? "
Behind the Aegis
Aug 2014
#16
Sorry, didn't mean to suggest you were saying Putin was behind this and apologize
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#25
You apparently are confusing FACTS with "Russo-phobia." The truth is not "phobia." It's the truth.
MADem
Aug 2014
#31
Yes, your strawman was upped by your goalpost moving, but I don't see the relevance.
Behind the Aegis
Aug 2014
#32
Those fact-free assclowns at RT are giving Russians the impression that there are riots from coast
MADem
Aug 2014
#44
I was there back in 1985 (Leningrad) but have not been back since the break-up of the USSR. The
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#51