Oddbean new post about login | logout Report on discrimination against Buryat people in Russia. The People of Baikal (Люди Байкала), a civilian organization in the Baikal region, reports on this phenomenon, which is deepening with the war against Ukraine. “Even though you are a Buryat, you are ours” What offensive words are still used when addressing Buryats?(People of Baikal. Lang=Rus) https://baikal-journal.ru/2023/09/14/ty-hot-i-buryat-no-nash/ (1/2) https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tootblue/media_attachments/files/111/076/531/603/856/552/original/151d7c589d10f0be.jpg
"Since the beginning of the war in Donbass, a meme has appeared about “fighting Buryats” who are ready to die for Putin. After the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, they remembered him again. Racial divisions in a country that is "fighting Nazis" have come to the surface. Asians have been made the faces of this war, although as a percentage they are fighting in an absolute minority." (2/3)
