You all banned Kevin Hart from hosting the Oscars because of some mean tweets, but tonight allowed Will Smith to accept the Best Actor Oscar after he smacked Chris Rock on live nationwide TV for telling a tasteless joke - sounds like you do condone violence in some forms. #Oscars
But another hideous & unprecedented crime was meted to Eritreans in June 1998. The TPLF regime expelled over 70,000 Eritreans from Ethiopia by expropriating their life-long earnings & property with ignominious words that it can do so "if it does not like z colour of their eyes"
"It seems like there's a hierarchy of Ukrainians first, Indians second, Africans last."
As people flee Ukraine, African nationals are taking to social media to share personal accounts of racial discrimination while trying to evacuate to safety โคต๏ธ
An African man said where he was Ukrainians preferred to have animals on trains than Africans. He also narrated the racism he experienced during the crisis in Ukraine.
An African woman said black women weren't allowed into trains when "women and children" were being transported
The EU gave protected status to people fleeing Ukraine โ but that does not apply to thousands of foreign students.
They may enter but must leave immediately.
Many from mostly India or African countries report racism at borders, being blocked from trains or being forced to pay.
๐ด: At the Polish refugee military base, an African student who fled the war in Ukraine was mistreated by Polish soldiers who confiscated his passport and brutalized him.
#AfricansinUkraine#blacksinukraine#BlackInUkraine