Ukraine War Is Exposing Racial Disparities in Refugee Treatment | The Daily Show

STALLED, RUSSIA HAS BEEN RAMPING UP ITS BOMBING OF CIVILIAN AREAS AND THEY'VE CAPTURED AT LEAST ONE MAJOR CITY IN SOUTH UKRAINE. BUT DESPITE SEEING THEIR COUNTRY DECIMATED BY THE RUSSIAN MILITARY, THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE HAVE STILL SHOWN SOME REMARKABLE COMPASSION, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY'VE SHOWN IT TO THE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS THEMSELVES. >> AMONG ALL THE CHAOS IN UKRAINE, HUMANITY STILL PREVAILS. THIS VIDEO GOING VIRAL THIS MORNING, APPEARING TO SHOW UKRAINIANS HELPING A CAPTURED RUSSIAN SOLDIER, GIVING HIM TEA AND FOOD AND ALLOWING HIM TO CALL HIS MOTHER TO TELL HER THAT HE'S OKAY.

YOU SEE HIM RIGHT THERE, IN THE HAT. THE SOLDIER IS SEEN FIGHTING BACK TEARS, APPARENTLY TELLING HIS MOM HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE. UKRAINIANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE TELLING RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IF THEY SURRENDER, PEOPLE WILL FEED THEM AND TAKE CARE OF THEM. >> Trevor: WOW. LOOK, MAN, I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THEM, BUT RIGHT NOW UKRAINIANS SEEM LIKE SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. THEY'RE STANDING UP TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST MILITARIES ON THE PLANET, AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'VE CAPTURED AN INVADING SOLDIER AND THEY'RE GIVING HIM FOOD AND DRINK. YOU DON'T SEE WAR.

IN FACT, YOU DON'T EVEN SEE HUMANITY LIKE THAT ON TWITTER. LIKE, ONE TIME, I SAID HOT DOGS WEREN'T SANDWICHES, AND I STILL GET DEATH THREATS TO THIS DAY. I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT SOLDIER, JUST LOOK AT HIM. THEY'RE GIVING HIM SUSTENANCE AND LETTING HIM FACETIME HIS MOM. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? LIKE, YOU KNOW YOU'RE BEING TREATED HUMANELY WHEN THE WORST PART OF BEING A PRISONER OF WAR IS TRYING TO GET YOUR MOM OFF THE PHONES. "YES, I AM SAFE, MOM. NO I… I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT LINDA AT THE OFFICE. LISTEN, MOM, I HAVE TO GO. I'M STILL IN WAR ZONE– YES, I KNOW THEY WERE TOGETHER EIGHT MONTHS. IT IS SURPRISING, MOM, YES, YES. I TOLD YOU, MOM, WHEN I FIND SOMEONE, I WILL GET MARRIED." THINK ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND– FREE TEA, FREE FOOD, FREE WIFI. RUSSIAN PRISONERS ARE GETTING BETTER SERVICES SERVICE THAN PASSENGERS ON SPIRIT AIRLINES. SPIRIT AIRLINES: YOU'LL WISH YOU WERE A PRISONER OF WAR. MEANWHILE, THE REST OF WORLD CONTINUES TO RALLY BEHIND THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. AND IT'S NOT JUST BIG STEPS LIKE MORE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS OR THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT INVESTIGATING RUSSIA FOR WAR CRIMES.

NO LOTS AND PLACES AND LOT OF PEOPLE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD OF, BY THE WAY, OR HEARD AND SAY "NYET!" >> E.A. SPORTS IS NOW REMOVING RUSSIAN TEAMS FROM BIGGEST SPORTS GAMES. THEY INCLUDE NHL '22, FIFA '22, FIFA ONLINE, AND FIFA MOBILE. >> THE RUSSIAN FLAG REMOVED AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MAYOR DANIELLA LEVINE CAVA GAVE THE ORDER THIS MORNING IN SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE. >> THE INTERNATIONAL CAT FEDERATION HAS BANNED RUSSIAN CATS FROM COMPETITION. OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THE RULE AGAINST ANY CAT BELONGING TO RUSSIAN BREEDERS OR EXHIBITORS, SAYING THEY COULD NOT "WITNESS THESE ATROCITIES AND DO NOTHING." >> Trevor: WOW, EVEN THE INTERNATIONAL CAT FEDERATION IS TURNING AGAINST RUSSIA.

WHICH, BY THE WAY, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I DID NOT KNOW. I'D BE WORRIED ABOUT PISSING OFF THE CAT PEOPLE. YOU THINK PUTIN IS SCARY. IMAGINE CAROLE BASKIN? IT IS GREAT EVERYONE IS SHOWING SOLIDARITY AGAINST RUSSIA, BUT EVEN CATS ARE GETTING BANNED? IT'S WILD CATS. WHERE DOES IT GO NEXT. AT THIS POINT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF DONALD TRUMP CAME OUT, "FROM NOW ON, I WILL ONLY GET PEED ON BY UKRAINIAN WOMEN.

WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. I'M DOING MY PART, DOING MY PART." AND E.A. SPORTS IS TAKING RUSSIAN TEAMS OUT OF THEIR VIDEO GAMES. BUT UKRAINE WANTS THEM TO GO EVEN FURTHER. THEY'RE CALLING ON VIDEO GAME COMPANIES TO BOYCOTT RUSSIA ENTIRELY. NO GAMES. TURN IT OFF "FORTNIGHT," TURN IT OFF. IF YOU ASK ME, THAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING. IF YOU WANT TO INTERRUPT THE RUSSIAN WAR EFFORT, YOU SHOULD SEND EVERYONE IN RUSSIA A FREE COPY OF "ELDEN RING." IT WILL STOP THE WAR DEAD IN ITS TRACKS. YOU'LL TAKE 40 HOURS GETTING BY THE FIRST BOSS. IS HE AN OLD MAN? IS HE A TREE? WHY IS HE SO HARD TO FIGHT! VIDEO GAMES, THE AIRPORTS, THE CAT COMMUNITY ARE ALL COMING TOGETHER TO SHOW RUSSIA WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS NOT COOL.

AND ONE OF THE MANY REASONS THIS IS NOT COOL IS NOT BECAUSE RUSSIA IS BOMBING A PEACEFUL COUNTRY THAT DID NOTHING TO ANTAGONIZE THEM. BY DOING THIS, THEY HAVE UNLEASHED ONE OF THE WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISES EUROPE HAS EVER SEEN. >> THIS RUSSIAN INVASION IS LEADING TO ANOTHER EMERGENCY UNFOLDING AT THIS HOUR, THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS JUST ACROSS UKRAINE'S BORDERS >> THE UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE AGENCY SAYS AT LEAST 1 MILLION UKRAINIANS HAVE FLED TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES AND MILLIONS MORE COULD SOON JOIN THEM. >> TONIGHT, THE CRUSH TO FLEE UKRAINE. WE WERE IN THIS TUNNEL AT THE TRAIN STATION IN LVIV, REFUGEES PACKED SO TIGHTLY THEY COULD ONLY SHUFFLE FORWARD, PARENTS CLUTCHING THEIR CHILDREN'S HANDS. THERE HAVE TO BE 1,000 PEOPLE IN THIS TUNNEL, ALL OF THEM PUSHING THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE LAST TRACK HERE. >> A RAILWAY SPOKESPERSON SAYING EVERY HOUR, 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE PEOPLE ARRIVE AT THE LEVIV STATION IN WESTERN UKRAINE. >> UKRAINIANS ARE QUEUING FOR UP TO 20 HOURS TRYING TO CROSS THE BORDER.

OFFICIALS SAY THIS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. >> THIS EXODUS WE'RE SEEING FROM UKRAINE IS THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE DISPLACED IN EUROPE IN THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME SINCE WORLD WAR II. >> Trevor: GODDAMNIST, VLADIMIR PUTIN. JUST IMAGINE ONE DAY YOU'RE LIVING A NORMAL, PEACEFUL, MODERN LIFE. AND THE NEXT DAY, YOU'RE TREKKING TO THE ROMANIAN BORDER ON FOOT. JUST THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. WE THINK THE WORLD HAS ENDED WHEN OUR WIFI GOES DOWN. THESE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL EVER. GET TO GO HOME.

ONE OF THE MAJOR COSTS OF WARS IS PEOPLE GETTING DISPLACED. WE THINK OF WAR ADD "CALL OF DUTY." BUT FOR MORE TREME IT'S MORE LIKE OREGON TRAIL– LESS EXCITE, MUCH HARDER, AND WAY MORE DEPRESSING. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE IT'S A BAD THING, MAN. IT'S A BAD THING WHEN ANYTHING COMES CLOSE TO WORLD WAR II LEVELS, WHETHER REFUGEES, FIGHTING, OR WAISTLINES. IT'S ALWAYS BAD. THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT WAR. SOMETIMES YOU HEAR ABOUT A WAR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND YOU THINK, OH, WELL THAT'S SAD, BUT IT'S OVER THERE. SO WHY SHOULD I CARE? BUT YOU SHOULD CARE. YOU SHOULD CARE. YOU KNOW WHY? WE'RE ALL INTERCONNECTED IN THE MODERN AGE AND THAT MEANS THE FALLOUT OF THAT WAR SPREADS ALL OVER, WHETHER THE REFUGEE CRISIS OR THE RISING GAS PRICES OR THE STOCK MARKET– THE RIPPLE EFFECTS ARE EVERYWHERE.

IN A WAY, PUTIN DIDN'T JUST INVADE UKRAINE. HE'S ALSO INVADED YOUR GAS TANKS. HE'S INVADED YOUR GROCERY BILL. HE'S INVADED YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FREEZE FEEDZ. YOU WANT TO SCROLL AND LOOK AT THOUGHTS AND NOW INSTEAD IT'S THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. ONE GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR THESE REFUGEES IS THAT ALL OF UKRAINE'S NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ARE WELCOMING THEM WITH OPEN ARMS. >> A WARM DRINK AND A HUG IN MOLDOVA. IN SLOVAKIA, A CHANCE TO WATCH CARTOONS. >> UKRAINIANS WELCOMED BY HUNGARIAN OFFICIALS AND AID WORKERS. EACH UPON HAND A SOLIDARITY TICKET TICKET, A FREE SEAT ON ANOTHER TRAIN TO THE HUNGARIAN CAPITAL, WHERE MORE HELP AWAITS.

THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING TG ABOUT GIVING THEM THREE YEARS OF TEMPORARY RESIDENCY SO THEY CAN WORK. THEY CAN ACCESS BENEFITS. >> IN POLAND, THEY HAVE OPENED THEIR BORDERS, OPENED THEIR ARMS TO AS MANY UKRAINIAN REFUGEES AS WILL ARRIVE. >> WE KEEP OUR BORDERS OPEN. THE NATIONALITIES OF ALL COUNTRIES WHO SUFFER FROM RUSSIAN AGGRESSION OR WHOSE LIVES ARE AT RISK CAN SEEK SHELTER IN MY COUNTRY. >> POLAND'S COMMISSIONER TO THE E.U. PERSONALLY OFFERED TO HOST A FAMILY OF REFUGEES IN HIS OWN HOME IN WARSAW, BUT THE REFUGEES HAD FOUND AN ALTERNATIVE PLACE TO STAY. >> Trevor: THIS IS AMAZING, PEOPLE. ALL THESE COUNTRIES IN EUROPE HAVE STIPPED UP TO TAKE IN ALL OF THESE REFUGEES. WHAT'S ALSO AMAZING IS IF I HEARD CORRECTLY, THE POLISH COMMISSIONER TO THE E.U. OFFERED TO HOST A FAMILY OF REFUGEES IN HIS HOME. BUT THEY HAD, "NO THANKS. WE FOUND ANOTHER PLACE." I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY, THAT'S GOT TO HURT.

YOU THINK YOU'RE HELPING REFUGEES AND THEY'RE LIKE, "WOW, SO IS THAT YOUR KITCHEN? IT'S ONLY BEEN EIGHT DAYS. MY STANDARDS HAVEN'T DROPPED THAT MUCH." SEEING THE REFUGEES GREETED WITH OPEN ARMS AND FULL HEART GIVES ME A GLIMMER OF HOPE SEEING PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED. IT IS INTERESTING THAT EASTERN EUROPE HAS BEEN SO WILLING AND ABLE TOL ACCEPT A MILLION PEOPLE COMING INTO THEIR COUNTRIES IN JUST A FEW DAYS, WHEN JUST RECENTLY, JUST RECENTLY, THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY SPACE FOR A DIFFERENT GROUP OF REFUGEES. >> THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN EUROPE CONTINUES TO GROW. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES STREAMING IN FROM SYRIA AND ELSEWHERE. ALS THE ARGUING ANOTHER WITH NO CLEAR PATH. >> THE E.U. HAS EFFECTIVELY PAID TURKEY TO KEEP SYRIANS FROM GETTING TO GREECE. >> POLAND HAD PLEDGED TO TAKE IN A NUMBER OF THE REFUGEES, SAYING NOW THAT IT IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

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>> WE WILL NOT BE RECEIVING MIGRANTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA IN POLAND. >> THIS IS HUNGARY'S SOLUTION TO THE FLOOD OF REFUGEES POURING IN: A 13-FOOT FENCE TOPPED WITH RAZOR WIRE RUNNING ABOUT 115 MILES ALONG ITS BORDER WITH SERBIA. >> POLICE IN RIOT GEAR TOLD THEY CAN SHOOT RUBBER BULLETS AT ANYONE WHO TRIES TO CROSS. >> HOSTILITY HERE IN HUNGARY, VIDEO SHOCKING THE WORLD, THE HUNGARIAN CAMERAWOMAN KICKING THAT GIRL AS SHE RUNS FROM POLICE. AND THIS: AS A MAN RUNS BY CARRYING A SMALL CHILD, SHE TRIPS HIM, AND HE FALLS TO THE GROUND. >> HUNGARY'S PRIME MINISTER, VIKTOR ORBAN, HAD A MESSAGE FOR THE MIGRANTS THEMSELVES.

>> THE MORAL HUMAN THING IS TO MAKE CLEAR, PLEASE DON'T COME. >> Trevor: THAT'S REALLY STRANGE. WHEN IT'S SYRIANS WHO ARE FLEEING A WAR, IT'S, "WE DO NOT HAVE SPACE. DO NOT COME." BUT NOW THERE'S SPACE AND PEOPLE MUST COME. WHAT CHANGED? WHEN THE SYRIANS NEEDED REFUGE, EVEN THE CAMERA CREW WAS DROP-KICKING FAMILIES. NOW UKRAINIANS ARE GETTING ACCOMMODATIONS, THEY'RE GETTING VISAS, THEY'RE GETTING WORK BENEFITS. WHICH IS A GOOD THING, I'M JUST SAYING, WHERE IS THEIR DROP KICK. WE DON'T HAVE TO SPECULATE. WE DON'T HAVE TO SPECULATE ABOUT WHY THEY'RE TREATING UKRAINIANS SO DIFFERENTLY FROM REFUGEES AND THE MIDDLE EAST. THE PRIME MINISTER OF BULL CARRY SAID,"THESE ARE NOT THE REFUGEES WE ARE USED TO. THESE PEOPLE ARE EUROPEANS. THESE PEOPLE ARE INTELLIGENT. THEY ARE EDUCATED PEOPLE." YEAH. IT'S KIND OF A SHOCKING THING TO SAY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WILL SAY, I'M IMPRESSED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER OF BULGARIA HAS FOUND THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW ALL ONE MILLION REFUGEES THAT HAVE FLED UKRAINE IN THE PAST WEEK.

YOU MUST BE VERY EFFICIENT AT TAKING SMALL TALK. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT DO YOU THINK? I LIKE YOU? DON'T GET ME WRONG. I UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENTS THAT THESE COUNTRIES WILL MAKE, THAT THEY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW EASY IT IS FOR REFUGEES TO INTEGRATE INTO THEIR CULTURE AND SOCIETY. I GET THAT. I TRULY GET THAT.

JUST LIKE IT'S EASIER FOR YOU TO TAKE IN A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS IN TROUBLE THAN A RANDOM PERSON WHO NEEDS HELP. LIKE LOTS OF KID GOT IN ONE LITTLE FIGHT WITH A COUPLE OF GUYS UP TO NO GOOD, BUT THERE'S A REASON THEY ONLY TOOK IN WILL. I GET IT. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. AND THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THAT WHEN IT'S SYRIANS OR AFRICANS ON A BOAT, THESE COUNTRIES DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO INTEGRATE THEM.

THEY DIDN'T SAY, "WOMEN AND CHILDREN ONLY." NO, THEY REJECT EVEN THE CHANCE THAT ANYONE BROWN COULD ASIMULATE. "YOUR SKIN IS IT TOO DARK. YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY EAT BORSCHT." AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW, THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO IS LIKE, "TREVOR, AGAIN WITH THE RACISM. WHAT IS IT WITH BLACK PEOPLE AND THE RACISM? ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT RACE. YOU KNOW I GO YEARS AT A TIME WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT RACISM. IT'S EASY. WHY DON'T YOU TRY." WELL MAYBE THE BLACK PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT RACISM IS BECAUSE RACISM IS ALWAYS HAPPENING TO THE BLACK PEOPLE. AND WE'RE SEEING IT AGAIN NOW IN UKRAINE. >> AFRICAN AND INDIAN STUDENTS STUCK IN UKRAINE ARE ACCUSING OFFICIALS OF DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THEM AND PUSHING THEM BACK FROM GETTING TO THE BORDER. THIS VIDEO POSTED TO TWITTER READS, "WATCH HOW THEY'RE THREATENING TO SHOOT US. THEY'RE AT THE BORDER AND POLICE AND THE ARMY ARE REFUSING TO LET AFRICANS CROSS.

THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWING UKRAINIANS. >> FOREIGN STUDENTS WHO FACED SEGREGATION AND RACISM AS THEY FLED TO SAFETY AT THIS BORDER CROSSING TO POLAND. SOME SAY THEY WERE TOLD THEY CAN'T BOARD BUSSES BECAUSE THEY WERE MEANT FOR UKRAINIANS ONLY. >> VIDEOS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAID TO SHOW BLACK PEOPLE BEING PREVENTED FROM BOARDING A TRAIN AND LEFT STRANDED AT A RAILWAY STATION IN LVIV AS UKRAINIANS WERE ALLOWED ON. >> ONE CONGO NATIVE SAYING HE WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WHILE TRYING TO BOARD A TRAIN OUT OF UKRAINE. >> THEY EVEN TOLD US, LIKE, "WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU GUNS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR UKRAINE." I SAID, "WE'RE GONNA FIGHT FOR UKRAINE? WE ARE NOT UKRAINIAN.

WE ARE BLACK, SO HOW CAN WE FIGHT FOR UKRAINE?" >> Trevor: JUST THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT. BLACK PEOPLE– STUDENTS, TOURISTS, VISITORS– MANY ARE SAYING THEY CANNOT GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY. THEY CAN'T GET OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE BLACKED. THEY JUST GET BLOCKED AT THE BORDER. FOR THIS GUY, THIS IS WILD. IMAGINE BEING PREVENTED FROM LEAVING THE COUNTRY, AND NOT JUST THAT, BUT THEY SAY NOT ONLY CAN YOU NOT LEAVE. YOU HAVE TO GRAB A GUN AND FIGHT. THAT IS INSANE. PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD THEY HAVE TO FIGHT.

WHY DOES HE? THE BRITISH PERSON GETS TO GO. THE AFRICAN GUY YOU HAVE TO STAY. WE'VE WATCHED "BEASTS OF NO NATION." WE KNOW YOU CAN HANDLE YOURSELF. THAT'S NOT FAIR. WHEN YOU GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY YOU DON'T EXPECT THEY'RE GOING TO CONSCRIPT YOU INTO A WAR. YOU DON'T THINK YOU'LL BE FIGHTING IN THEIR ARMY. THE LOUVRE WOULD GET A LOT FEW VISITORS, COME SEE THE MONA LISA. MAYBE YOU FIGHT WITH US IN THE WAR. HAVE YOU SEEN THE PYRAMIDS. WX! IT'S EXTREMELY WEIRD TO ASK SOME RANDOM AFRICAN GUY TO FIGHT FOR UKRAINE. WHY IS THAT EXPECTED OF HIM? WHY CAN'T HE JOIN THE FIGHT THE WAY WHITE PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES DO, BY POSTING AN INSTA OF THE UKRAINIAN FLAG WITH A LITTLE HEART EMOJY. I'M HERE FOR YOU UKRAINE. THAT'S NOT THE POINT. THE BIGGER POINT IS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR TRYING TO FLEE A WAR ZONE.

AND IT'S NUTS. IT'S REALLY NUTS TO SEE BORDER GUARDS SUDDENLY TURN INTO CLUB BOUNCERS. "EVERYBODY ON THE BUS. HOLD ON, NO HOODIES, NO SNEAKERS. AND THE HOT FRIEND, SHE CAN COME ON." NOT TO MENTION, IT'S GOING TO BE SUPER CONFUSING FOR THE RUSSIAN ARMY WHEN THEY ROLL INTO KYIV AND THERE ARE ONLY BLACK PEOPLE LEFT. "COMRADES, I THINK WE TOOK WRONG TURN SOMEWHERE. I TOLD YOU, DON'T USE APPLE MAPS! USE WAZ E. I KNOW BECAUSE OF THESE STORIES THERE ARE MANY AFRICANS AND MANY MIDDLE EASTERNS SEEING THESE VIDEO, AND SAYING, SCREW YOU, UKRAINE. PUTIN CAN TAKE UKRAINE AND HAVE POLAND FOR DESERT.

THEY'RE SAYING THAT. YOU CAN SEE IT ONLINE. PEOPLE ARE ANGRY. HOW CAN YOU LET RACISM GET IN THE WAY OF GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF WAR? I THINK RATHER THAN THIS BEING A MOMENT TO TURN ON EACH OTHER, THIS REFUGEE CRISIS SHOULD BE A REMINDER THAT REFUGEE IS NOT A SYNONYM FOR BROWN PERSON. ANYONE COULD BECOME A REFUGEE. IT'S A THING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU. IT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE ONE DAY, YOU MIGHT BE A REFUGEE. I HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO YOU, BUT IT COULD. AND IF, GOD FORBID, THAT DAY COMES, WOULDN'T YOU WANT SOMEONE WITHOUT ANY PREJUDICE IN THEIR HEART, TO OPEN THEIR DOORS TO YOU TO WOMAN YOU INTO THEIR HOME SO YOU CAN LOOK AROUND THEIR HOUSE AND SAY, "EH, THANKS.

I THINK I CAN COBETTER.".

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