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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe US tell millions of non-White refugees to F-off AGAIN, while accepting 100,000 White refugees
I'm American, a Dem, and a Biden supporter, but I'm Black first. This decision is the ultimate (or just another) example of the US's doctrine of White Privilege! Let's break it down:
"US tell millions of non-White refugees to F-off AGAIN" - https://www.unrefugees.org/news/inside-the-world-s-five-largest-refugee-camps/
"while accepting 100,000 White refugees" - https://www.npr.org/2022/03/24/1088506487/us-ukraine-refugees
I can imagine the PATHETIC excuses for why the White refugees are acceptable, and the non-White ones are not:
"Poland needs our help" - OK, then send the Ukrainian refugees to where the other refugees are at, and get in the back of the line.
"They are fleeing from war and oppression" - And the others are not?!
Or maybe it's just this:
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The US tell millions of non-White refugees to F-off AGAIN, while accepting 100,000 White refugees (Original Post)
AllTooEasy
Mar 2022
OP
Exactly What?! Tell the Ukrainian/White refugees to go to the back of the line...
AllTooEasy
Mar 2022
#6
Hmmm, What's Your Point? "Since we have so many Black refugees already, then...
AllTooEasy
Mar 2022
#7
My issue is "skipping-the-line based on race, ethnicity, or country/continent of origin"
AllTooEasy
Mar 2022
#11
Budi
(15,325 posts)1. The US actually said, "F-off"??
AllTooEasy
(1,260 posts)8. "F-off", "Admittance Denied", what's the difference?
Same result, one phrase is just a more polite way of stating the other.
I also noticed how you didn't deny the context of my post. Thank You!
Budi
(15,325 posts)10. LOL. Not even worth my time.
Its bs.
AllTooEasy
(1,260 posts)13. Your response is a classic cop-out
The truth is that you DO have time to express your Honest Opinion. In actuality, you either don't have the time or debating skills to Explain Away how your opposing opinion isn't routed subconsciously in Euro-centric bigotry.
After all, what possible logical, non-bigoted explanation could there be for supporting the US embrace of Ukrainian/White refugees while denying the world's current 3.6 million, long-waiting, non-White refugees?
Phoenix61
(16,954 posts)2. Hmmm....
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,094 posts)3. Exactly!!! nt
AllTooEasy
(1,260 posts)6. Exactly What?! Tell the Ukrainian/White refugees to go to the back of the line...
...behind the 3.6 million refugees that are still waiting to get in.
Poland can send 100,000 Ukrainians to the existing refugee camps, and the longest serving 100,000 refugees in those same camps can come to the us. What does America's count of existing Haitian immigrants have to do with that?
druidity33
(6,435 posts)4. Legal residents?
Not under constant threat of deportation? Work visa or non-work visa? Source for chart?
Dr. Strange
(25,898 posts)5. Source:
AllTooEasy
(1,260 posts)7. Hmmm, What's Your Point? "Since we have so many Black refugees already, then...
...it's time to let some Ukrainian/White refugees skip the line (of mostly POC) into the US?"
If Poland wants relief, then they can send 100,000 Ukrainians to the existing refugee camps, while the longest serving 100,000 refugees in those same camps are admitted to the US. What does America's count of existing Haitian immigrants have to do with that?
Hmmm???
Phoenix61
(16,954 posts)9. You raised the issue of numbers.
We are taking 100,000 out of several million Ukrainian refugees. We have, as the chart clearly shows, taken in over 6 times that number of Haitian refugees. The US has no control how other countries, Poland for one, manage immigration.
AllTooEasy
(1,260 posts)11. My issue is "skipping-the-line based on race, ethnicity, or country/continent of origin"
Change the number to 1,000 Ukrainian refugees or 1 million Ukrainian refugees, and my argument is still the same.
First in the camps -> First out the camps.
BTW, WE control OUR immigration management, and WE are putting White refugees above non-White refugees. Why can't WE tell Poland to ship their refugees anywhere they want, and We will admit an equal number of long waiting (mostly non-White) refugees, some who have been waiting for over a decade, from those same camps? Why do the Ukrainian/White refugees get the quickly sympathy that others don't?
Budi
(15,325 posts)12. K& R. But.. but lets make it about race, right? Cuz what else could it possibly be? Right?
AllTooEasy
(1,260 posts)14. Well, what's your explanation? Don't run. Educate.
Why admit these 100,000 refugees over 100,000 of the most long serving refugees?
My mind is open to your opinion. Any avoidance response like:
"You're not worth it"
"I won't dignify that with a response"
"whatever"
"Not worth my time"
...is a classic Fox News tactic that consistently frustrates us on the left. It's also an admission of guilt and defeat.
Budi
(15,325 posts)15. Thank you Biden Admin
JI7
(89,182 posts)16. Stop with this BS