Living with race hate in Russia
By Patrick Jackson
BBC News website, Moscow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4737468.stm
DON'T LISTEN TO ANY OF THE RUSSIANS ON THIS SITE. RUSSIANS ARE EXTREMELY RACIST AND HYPERNATIONALISTIC - YOU WILL ENCOUNTER THE MOST EXTREME FORMS OF BIGOTRY AND RACISM IN RUSSIA, GUARANTEED, IF YOU AREN'T WHITE RUSSIAN.
Most of the Russians on this site look pure white so they are oblivious to racism in their country. You MUST be careful if you don't look white otherwise you will either get beat up or, worse, killed. If you date a Russian you are guaranteed to be denied entry into certain clubs and restaurants, and you will be threatened and heckled everywhere you go.
I, however don't blame the Russian people because they are "relatively" poor and culturally backward - they are afraid of foreigners and are constantly inveighing against the foreign immigration because of the monumental problem of white-Russian demographic decline. In 5-10 years, I hope, Russians will be more accepting of foreigners into their country because of globalization, but I wouldn't bet my house on it.
Even if you look white, you aren't safe - Russians dislike Poles, Chechens, and Georgians; if you are Muslim, you too WILL be discriminated against during your stay in Russia. The police WILL NOT protect you and sometimes they encourage the attacks against minorities. For the most part, Russians are either oblivious to the racism or they are unwilling and scared to take a stand. Slowly, but surely, liberal, pro-democracy groups are protesting against discrimination and racism against foreigners in Russia, but they are the minority (no pun intended - not that this is funny by the way). Unfortunately, however, minorities are still viewed as drug dealers and criminals, so be prepared for a nightmare no matter where you are in Russia.
Russia: racism on the rise
Zygmunt Dzieciolowski
26 - 4 - 2006
A spate of attacks against ethnic minorities and African students reflects a wider growth of nationalist political sentiment, says Zygmunt Dzieciolowski.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-institutions_government/racism_3482.jsp
By Patrick Jackson
BBC News website, Moscow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4737468.stm
DON'T LISTEN TO ANY OF THE RUSSIANS ON THIS SITE. RUSSIANS ARE EXTREMELY RACIST AND HYPERNATIONALISTIC - YOU WILL ENCOUNTER THE MOST EXTREME FORMS OF BIGOTRY AND RACISM IN RUSSIA, GUARANTEED, IF YOU AREN'T WHITE RUSSIAN.
Most of the Russians on this site look pure white so they are oblivious to racism in their country. You MUST be careful if you don't look white otherwise you will either get beat up or, worse, killed. If you date a Russian you are guaranteed to be denied entry into certain clubs and restaurants, and you will be threatened and heckled everywhere you go.
I, however don't blame the Russian people because they are "relatively" poor and culturally backward - they are afraid of foreigners and are constantly inveighing against the foreign immigration because of the monumental problem of white-Russian demographic decline. In 5-10 years, I hope, Russians will be more accepting of foreigners into their country because of globalization, but I wouldn't bet my house on it.
Even if you look white, you aren't safe - Russians dislike Poles, Chechens, and Georgians; if you are Muslim, you too WILL be discriminated against during your stay in Russia. The police WILL NOT protect you and sometimes they encourage the attacks against minorities. For the most part, Russians are either oblivious to the racism or they are unwilling and scared to take a stand. Slowly, but surely, liberal, pro-democracy groups are protesting against discrimination and racism against foreigners in Russia, but they are the minority (no pun intended - not that this is funny by the way). Unfortunately, however, minorities are still viewed as drug dealers and criminals, so be prepared for a nightmare no matter where you are in Russia.
Russia: racism on the rise
Zygmunt Dzieciolowski
26 - 4 - 2006
A spate of attacks against ethnic minorities and African students reflects a wider growth of nationalist political sentiment, says Zygmunt Dzieciolowski.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-institutions_government/racism_3482.jsp