Dozens of Aussies have applied to move to Russia. But immigrating can backfire
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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.

  • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    In a video uploaded in March, Mr Huffman explained his decision to relocate, and was particularly scathing of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the US.

    “As a white family, [we were] being told we’re racist and not given the same opportunities because of the colour of our skin,” he said.

    As someone who has been white and living in the U.S. his whole life, I’ve never had someone suggest I’m racist based on the color of my skin, at least not to my face (I can’t say what folks say behind my back).

    I wonder if the Huffmans were being accused of racism because of their racism rather than merely because of the color of their skin.

    They might be right regarding not having the same opportunities, because based on what I’ve heard others have gone through, it’s clear to me that I’ve had it much better than the average minority.

    • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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      4 days ago

      because based on what I’ve heard others have gone through, it’s clear to me that I’ve had it much better than the average minority.

      Even Warren Buffett has pointed this out, when asked why he managed to be so wealthy, he said (paraphrasing) there was a lot of luck at the start, being born in The US, being white and being a man that made it easer then for lots of others.

      I think it was also pointed out by Michael Oppenheimer that he was not at all concered with studying Einstein’s brain but really concerd the next one was slaving away in some field somewhere in a developing nation, with zero opportunity.

    • 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.”