In 2018, a drawing of Russian President Putin was released by the Wall Street Journal. In this image, President Putin was depicted wearing Mongolian garb and armor. Behind him rides a faceless Mongol horde. A caption in bold characters read: “RUSSIA RETURNS TO ITS ASIAN PAST”. What may appear to be an innocent political cartoon is actually connected to very deep anti-Asian roots.
Racists Depict Russia as “Asian” Whenever they Want to Affiliate Russia with Barbarianism
Tag: European Union Institute for Security Studies
German EU official uses racist rhetoric claiming Russians don’t value life
A German EU official claimed Russians don’t value human life and thus aren’t Europeans. The ex NATO researcher was echoing a centuries-old colonialist trope used to justify genocide of Indigenous peoples, US war on Vietnam, and Israeli occupation of Palestine.
German EU official uses racist rhetoric claiming Russians don’t value life