Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 days ago"Violence is never the answer" unless it is white people doing itlemmy.mlimagemessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down1104file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up170arrow-down1image"Violence is never the answer" unless it is white people doing itlemmy.mlSpectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 days agomessage-square129fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremyszka@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·20 hours agoDoesn’t really work like that. Russians are not less white than Ukrainians but their ultranationalist ideas are not nearly as supported in the West. (Not saying Russian ultranationalism is better in any regard)
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoIt does because whiteness is a social construct, Slavs were never considered white by anglos and germans ruling classes, they just get the temporary status when they lick the anglo/german boot and are used as cannon fodder against other Slavs.
Doesn’t really work like that. Russians are not less white than Ukrainians but their ultranationalist ideas are not nearly as supported in the West.
(Not saying Russian ultranationalism is better in any regard)
It does because whiteness is a social construct, Slavs were never considered white by anglos and germans ruling classes, they just get the temporary status when they lick the anglo/german boot and are used as cannon fodder against other Slavs.