Most of Europe has reacted to the war in Ukraine by opening up its arms to the estimated two million refugees, half of whom are children But not everyone is moved by the support shown to these white, Christian refugees [How the Ukraine war revealed Europe's selective empathy on refugees, by Zeena Safi, CNN, March 16, 2022]. In between hagiographic odes to Volodymyr Zelensky and celebrations of Russian artists being run out of the West a barrage of Regime Media reports and furious editorials have accused Europe, Poland in particular, of “racism” for prioritizing Ukrainians for accommodations over the hodgepodge of Arabs and Africans that have suddenly shown up on the warzone’s border demanding entry [The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows racism has no boundaries, by Rashawn Ray, Brookings, March 3, 2022].
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