Russians also fought against South African apartheid while America funded the segregation in South Africa.

I’m a black man, and I lived with, and around Russians for a couple of years. I found them to be very warm, humorous, and welcoming. I never experienced racism during my time with them. As a matter of fact, even as a kid, I had an older Russian woman who was kind enough to look after me, as a favor to my parents, while they were at work. We had the relationship of a grandmother to a grandson. I was about 6 when she died. I’m 51. I still think about her, and miss her to this very day.

I am a black woman who had worked with two Russian ladies . On some weekends we would go shopping together and I truly enjoyed their company. They would visit me and always bring me hot Russian homemade meals. They became my best friends ever. I will never forget their loving kindness.

Yes, Russians are a loyal friends of Africa as orthodox Christians and a student in Russian university in late 1980s. As a black person never encountered discrimination.I have a deep fondness of Russia to this days.

I can truly say I had a profound ignorance about Russia , the fact alone that they stood against slavery gets a warm welcome for me.. I bet America never really wants this story to ever be told...

Maybe this is the link with Russia I was looking for as to why both America and Europe hates Russia ! Russia's humanity to black people disturbed them immensely.

We here in Russia don’t care about how you look, you should be a nice decent respectful person and anybody will help you in any situation

Last week i watched a black russian youtuber, he came to Russia to study medicine around 12 years ago. He experienced racism once, by a group he called skin heads. There was a encounter with police, the police protected him from the skin heads. He never had any issues after that. He finished his studies and became a doctor at a hospital in moscow. He loves russia and doesn't experience racism now.

We manage to get rid of colonialism in Africa because of Russia they help us

I encountered some Russians during my time in the military. I spent almost 2 weeks with them and while it wasn't very long i enjoyed them as a people and did not encounter racism. For 2 weeks. That's better than i could say about the usa.

I remember seing a real black African man in Leningrad's metro. I was 5 years old. The man looked Jet Black! My Dad and the African man were smiling and laughing at me, because my jaw literally dropped. Later, i realzed that this man had the warmest and kindest smile ever.

Liar tells us a lies for money in this video. Glad to see so many honest people in commentaries.

I was born and raised in Africa, and I experienced racial prejudice right here in Africa... Russians are completely different to western whites... Russia unlike the west, has no systematic nor collective racisms' that one finds in the USA.

To be honest, Russia doesn't sound nearly as bad as America when it comes to race. 🤷🏾‍♂️

As a black man I’ve lived around Russians and they are respectful gentle people imo. They’ve been super friendly.

I have been living in Russia for the past 6 years. I am a graduate from the Izhvesk State Technical University and a prospective graduate in a master program this year. Since I have been in this country, I have never experienced harsh racism but a form of racism that they want me to stay with them and live happily. They always ask me if I have a job, if they can be a help in anyway. Russians I have met for the past years are always concerned if am happy living among them. In my opinion, Russians are friendly. Russian men look serious, and women smile by appearance, but in general, they are very kind and welcoming. If a Russian tells you that he can do this or that for you, rest assured, it will be done ✅. They don't let people down.

I spent 3 wonderful years working in Moscow and I never felt the sting of a racial slight. I was young and single at the time and the ladies were wonderful to me as well. The lame stream media wants us to dislike them but it's all propaganda.

Russia will always have my respect for not participating in slave trade and helping Africans break away from colonialism during up Soviet days

There are many shortcomings in Russia, but racism is not one of them. If a person of a different skin color feels bad in Russia, then 90% of the white Russians around him will feel the same feeling. We have a word offended for people, such as "Negro", but this word does not put a bad or offensive meaning. In Russia, all of us, not rich people, are approximately equal. We feel equally good or bad. I love my multinational people, with all their advantages and disadvantages.

I’m white, I grew up in the Soviet Union listening to the song Chunga-Changa, it was a kind, cheerful song, this is the first time I’ve heard about racial discrimination, this song aroused curiosity about black people and Africa, there was no negative emotion. As for chew coconuts, eat bananas - Soviet children would have been happy to chew coconuts and eat bananas themselves, but there were no bananas in the Soviet Union, so the black boy from the cartoon occupied a more privileged position compared to Soviet children. And the fact that blacks were looked at as someone different, different, is normal, wouldn’t you look at a white person who ended up in a black community as something non-standard? the same way Indians look at a white girl who finds herself in their habitat, this is the case everywhere, we and you look at something new with curiosity, we will look like that at a alien, deadpool, spider-man, but this is not discrimination, this is normal.😊

I can now nuderstand why AFRICA is backing RUSSIA , Its a way of saying " Thank you !".

Every russian i met treated me better than my own

I'm Black in the UK, in the early 90'sI lived with Kenyans who studied in Russia, they said people would spit on them, later Russians came to live in the hostel we were living in & they were very nice people. Subsequently I have had many friends & GF's whom were Russian (& from other Eastern European countries), one thing I can say that is consistent is that, when you make a friend of people from Russia & Eastern Europe, they treat you like family & would never stand by if you're in hardship or in any trouble, I have a deep love & respect for them & they are so very cultured. Black NATO soldiers, when stationed in the Balkans are warned not to go off base...

Радует, что под этим видео столько положительных комментариев. Много хороших и добрых слов от иностранцев 💗

Every person I ever met from Russia in America was beyond nice and very humble and love our culture.

the soviet union had provided easy access to african students to russian universities and educational institutions. they were helping young africans achieved their full potentials...as one aspect of their geopolitical initiatives.

As a black American man I've had nothing but positive experiences with Russia people. Where I worked on Friday's they would order lots of food and would practically pick me up to have me join them.

I have met many Russian folks, never a single problem, very sincere and warm folks

Africans & people of colour lets develop our continent & countries so we can achieve fulfilment in our own countries!!!

Africa and Russia have a long history. Example...Abram Petrovich Gannibal, a Russian of princely African descent, became a general and nobleman in the Russian Empire.

One thing for i never been to Russia but Africans love Russia 😊 Russian people seem to nice and humble people who don't see themselves as better then other people.

There is an interesting story about Abram Gannibal, a black man who became a friend with Peter the Great, and even noble in Russia when such thing was impossible in Western Europe!

My only true friend in Fresno was Anton. I still think about his Borscht. It was the Best. I would consider him a Great Friend. He authored a book on poetry after I wrote my novel. We could talk for hours on many subjects. Great hardworking honest man. He said life in Russia was much better under Soviets and I would have to agree. I also had a work partner, Vadim, a Ukrainian who slipped and told me "there are no Blacks in Ukraine and if we see one we just shoot him." I never understood why Anton wouldn't shake his hand but after that comment I wouldn't either.

I live in Moscow for a couple years, as a regular immigrant loved it

1.The Russian supported Ethiopia 🇪🇹 In the war against Italy.2.Also Supported South Africa in the fight against Apartheid. 3.Never Had Segregation laws against people of Africa.Didn’tUn a living Millions Of Africans.4. Wasn’t Lynching Them Either. Most Race Doesn’t live The Mix Race Idea Even Some Africans Are Against That Behavior.. 5.They had never Un A live African and Stole Their Lands.6.They Had Never Used Gentrification Against Africans..7. Never Stopped Africans From Becoming Educated They Supported and Encouraged Become Educated..It Mind Boggling That European Leaders Expect Africans Leaders To Condemn Russian Knowing The History Of Russian And Africans.. People Are Going To Be Commenting Under My Comment Calling Me Putin’s Sympathizer I Bet ,FYI I Am Not Going To be Debating Anyone.. I totally appreciate this video, One can see that a lot of effort had gone into this video..

Racial stereotypes, my a**. Chunga-Changa is a nice animation with beautiful music. There is ZERO racism in that masterpiece. And Bananas and Coconuts are only mentioned in that song, because they taste good, and because in Russia they were considered exotic fruits.

I love the Russian people they very hard working & intelligent

It's good that someone in the comments mentioned Abraham Petrovich born in the Cameroon around 1696-1781 and great grandfather of the celebrated writer Puskin. He was named Hannibal after Hannibal the Carthagian general who took elephants across the Alps to and defeated Roman armies and spending 20 years or so doing it. Petrovich was not only a general in the Russian Imperial army he was a mathematician a military engineer and nobleman of Russian Empire. He taught mathematics to the heir to the throne, the Great Duke Peter Alexeevich. Peteovich was said to have been kidnapped and enslaved in the Ottoman empire before he was sold and taken to the Russian court of Czar Peter I. He studied the arts and sciences in Metz Paris and joined the French army where he got the name Hannibal. He returned to Moscow after fighting in a war against Spain and served in the Russian Imperial army. He had ten children with a Swedish woman and their third son Osip, was the father of the Russian author Pushkin who wrote the book the Moor of peter the Great. He was thought to have been not only a great general but probably the best Mathematician in Russia at the time. So many things we don't know about our history.

В видео упорно говорят о рассизме, но по комментариям становится ясна правда!!!

Most of our Botswana 🇧🇼 Medicine students study in Russia. They enjoy it. Uraaaaaa

We have no friends! World wide! unity is the only way brother and sister's.

Russia big respect 🇷🇺🙏🏿🙏🏿

Honestly even here in South Africa 🇿🇦. Russia has a powerful history with helping in Our history with Apartheid and even now this country's leadership is respectful and respected in South Africa 🇿🇦. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Песня чунга-чанга никогла не носила подтекст рассизма!!!! Она лишь помогала советским детям обьснить, что есть люди с разным цветом кожи и что у них есть другие фрукты! Первые бананы появились в России в 90-х годах и это было новым фруктом.

I am 57 years old I have been waiting for someone to do this documentary, 🤗🙏🏾 cuz I feel like Putin is unfairly judged that's just my opinion 🤗🤔🤔 when he showed all those painters that were hitting and he opened my eyes to that cuz I have been seeking and seeking and he showed me the truth so I thank him for that 🙏🏾🙏🏾🤧🤧

I spent 6 months studying in Saint Petersburg. Everybody was really friendly from the taxi drivers to the bouncers in the disco. I would say people were just curious to know who this non-white foreigner was. Of course it helps if you speak Russian as not many of the locals speak English. The one thing that really resonated with me was the overall politeness of the average Russian, with the exception of one babushka who thought I was a CIA spy and tried to convince everyone on the bus to call the FSB, a throwback to what black people might have faced in the dark days of communism. The reason I highlight the politeness is because people went out of their way to be helpful and kind unlike in Kiev, where I spent a few days in 2011. That was a whole different experience. Yes you have nice people, but you also have plain clothes policemen (at least that is what they claimed to be) surrounding you and searching you for money. To be fair once they realized I had no dollars or euros on me they became quite friendly. That same night I also saw a mass brawl in an underpass. This all happened in the very centre of town around Maidan. I also remember looking for a bookstore in the centre and was unable to find one. All the shops on Kreshatik were either Gucci, Prada, Armani or banks and there was a McDonalds to break the monotony of available services on offer. I also remember queueing at the checkout counter and a young guy just cut straight in front of me like I was irrelevant. I also saw huge women throwing drunks off the train at the end of the subway line. Also leaving the passenger area at the airport was like riding the gauntlet because every taxi driver in Kiev was trying to force me to take a ride with them in their taxi. My general impression of Kiev in 2011 was that it was not safe once night falls. I never had that feeling in Saint Petersburg in 2018. A point about something mentioned in the video. The video talks about African students living in substandard dorms. Most Russian students also live in such dorms. It does not matter if you are black, white or asain. The guy next door to me was Dutch, we had some Bulgarians and a couple of French and Italian guys on our floor as well as some Russians. You wouldn't rent these places out to your worst enemies, but this seems to be part and parcel of the student experience in Russia. Friends told me of how they were chasing cockroaches at night. I have been told that some of the newer universities like HSE in Moscow have western standard dorms, but if you are going to study in Russia you are probably better off in private accomodation, if you can afford it.

I have spent lots of time in Russia and never came a cross in problems with being Jamaican as i was made very welcome by everyone and now i have a Russian girlfriend and she is so lovely and her family have accepted me as part of they family and we hope to get married soon and spend the rest of our lives together as i am in the UK and waiting to go back to Russia as it has been 5 years since we last spent time with each other but we talk every day on Skype also he kids call me dad plus her grandkids call me grandad and i do miss them and can't wait to be back with them again soon .

Omg. Chunga-changa - cartoon of my childhood! It was about africans who lived happily on tropical island with plenty of food like bananas and coconuts. And ofc they was friendly with animals. They was depicted as kind, helping people, lol! And they was not ïnhuman figures this is just a style of cartoon by design! I do not think this is an author's fault, he just do not know the context.

No matter just means we BP must hold on to each other tighter- please do not forget BM + BW + Black children = Black empowerment!

Ive spoken with a few russians and they arent very hateful towards us black people. There very passionate an stoic but friendly to have conversations with. I could be wrong about all of them but the few ive met have all been pretty easy going around black people. I think africa being allies with russia is a good thing for africa.

Yes, Russians are a loyal friends of Africa as orthodox Christians and a student in Russian university in late 1980s. I have a deep fondness of Russia to this days.

I’m very glad to read comments from Black African descents here. The video starts with an intriduction that‘s enticing, about European colonialism and American slavery (USA, Brazil and other countries in North, Central and Soith Anerican continents), but then the video uses bits of historical information to build a picture of the Soviet Union and Russia as a country with a signifficant level of racism, where racial discrimination is not uncommon. i think that’s mainly “Wrstern” propaganda anti-Russia. what i’ve lrarned from several testimonies and reports for a long time is that racism practically doesn’t exist in Russia. That’s a human defect and it looks like it’s mainly a Wrstern disease. The racist people in our world is predominantly from Western Europe, that’s a simple historical fact.

Please let us understand one thing. There’s no country in the world that is devoid of racism. All the European, American & Asian countries all have experiences of racism towards Africans. I think that what should makes the difference here is the question: What is the official state policy towards people from Africa? It is well known that Russians or Soviet Union never engaged in African slavery the way the Arabs, Americans & Europeans did. The racism experienced in Russia is not unexpected because it has to do with human prejudice of the citizens of the state. Let’s face it it’s not possible for everyone to like everyone. The state can not impose a law demanding compulsory likeness for foreigners. Even in Africa & among African countries there are wide spread racism experienced black on black. In Nigeria there is racism (often called tribalism) experienced amongst the different ethnic groups usually in big metropolitan cities like Lagos. So for me, the Russian state apparatus didn’t encourage racism as it was done elsewhere in Asia, EU & America. It is simply individual likes & dislikes that usually plays out in Russia. Yes it is also true that the Russians/ SU took advantage of the bad situations elsewhere to invite Africans into their country, hoping that the citizens would accept them & treat them well. However, things doesn’t always work out as planned. I spent approx 10years in the SU/ Russia from 1989 to 1999. I enjoyed my stay. There were good Russians as well as bad ones in my experience. The life in Russia is usually not as interesting as in the western countries. Hence the preference for the west. But Russia is always an option that should always be preserved at the back of one’s mind. As it may concern Africans directly, we should remember the great Russian literary Poet “Pushkin” who is of mix blood from Ethiopia.

I have come to the conclusion that we are just hated everywhere.

i remember one night club in Moscow in 90th where young people from Africa (i think they were students) used to organize parties weekly. i loved that place a lot. most of the guests were african but many russians as well. good music, african food and drinks in the bar. that was cool

Russia has actually helped black people and assisted them in war against colonizers. I remember hearing about them recruiting black Americans in the 30s and how many in the black power movement spoke fondly of Russia. No wonder America is so anti Russia which is sad and their loss.

Yeah that's why when it comes down to this Russian and Ukraine war I have no dog in the fight both countries have shown their anti-blackness.

All I can say is, good luck explaining all this to a dark skinned Jesus

Это видео во многом надуманное и предвзятое. Манипулятивные акценты на негативных событиях, и некорректные и нелогичные выводы, не учитывающие множество других факторов. У нас есть расизм, но он ни в коем случае, не систематический. Люди все разные, и глупых много и злых, но основная масса имеет в своей основе правильное воспитание и мировоззрение.

In the entire thousand-year history of Russia, we have not had slaves from Africa, we have never had slave markets. We had a lot of other things, but never discrimination based on skin color!

Im so happy to hear this about Russia because the USA MAKES THEM LOOK BAD BUT I THINK I SHOULD MOVE TO RUSSIA NOW.

You left out the “Father of Russian Literature” the African descended ALEXANDER PUSHKIN born in 1799 Russia! Ase and Hotep..👏🏿

While in the US was racial discrimination and segregation, Soviet Union send the first black person in the space.

This individual uses the rare cases as if that was the norm. The Soviet Government had strict policies which meant serious punishment for Soviets who discriminated against or harm any foreign student. I studied in the Soviet Union from late 70 ies to early 80 ies & married a Soviet woman who traveled & lived with me in my country. All her family attended our wedding.

Again, Russia owes someone something. Keep saying things like that and some people may start doing the opposite out of spite. You need to say "everyone should." Not Russia should, but everyone should, and Russia is no exception.

I had a good friend of mine live in Russia for about 2 to 3 yrs(early 2000’s) as an adult indigenous man and he said it was WAAAY better that the 🇺🇸, he was told most of the racism, that he never experienced, was from the(as quoted)“leaching of the western mind”

It feels like the 2nd half of the video has a narrative changed drastically to align with the mainstream media portraying Russia as a racist state. Indeed there were neo-nazis in Russia in 1990s (though those ideas were imported and nazi groups were funded from abroad to further destabilise Russian society), and isolated cases of racism might still occur there from time to time (especially towards people from former Soviet republics like Tajikistan - just like with the landlords stating "Slavs only" because they've had prior experience with a dozen illegal immigrants cooped up in their single-room apartment) but there has never been institutional racism in Russia, especially towards black people. And BTW the Soviet Chunga-Changa cartoon was meant to teach Soviet kids that black people are nice and friendly. The lyrics referred to in this video in fact were: What a wonderful island, so easy to live here, our hapiness is permanent - we can eat coconuts and bananas (which were a rare find in the USSR back then). So there was no offense meant.

Most colored people who have experienced living in Russia have very warm and good feelings

I LOVE BEING BLACK

Throughout my studies in the Soviet Union, I did not face any blatant racism on the streets as i faced during my few weeks holidays in the West. My colleague students were very accommodating and helpful. We were like brothers and sisters provoking one another jokingly with zero spec of racism. Some will gang with us to tease the girls and the girls will gang up to tease us. They would say, "We saw your ugly girl on your floor this weekend and wanted to beat her up for stealing you from us " All was made up. But we had good times. Elsewhere wherever I went for holidays was different.

Russia is a very paradoxical country. Yes, you can easily meet a racist taxi driver, but 90% of taxi drivers (at least in my city, Novosibirsk) are themselves migrants from CIS countries. You can easily encounter rudeness on public transport, but this is not because you are black or asian, a white russian has no less chance of this. The Soviet-era cartoons mentioned in the video are not racist, by the way. The fact that the characters eat coconuts and bananas is presented rather as good living conditions (in the USSR at that time, coconuts and bananas were a rarity and a delicacy). The song is about a wonderful island where you don’t have to work, it’s summer all year round(the dream of the inhabitants of most of the USSR) and everyone is happy. The way black children are depicted is just normal stylization for that time.

16:17 Actually, I grew up on old Soviet books and cartoons, and never perceived them as stories about primitive blacks. These stories portrayed the dark continent as a place of carefree life, where food and sweets such as coconuts and bananas (which only a few people in my country have seen or tried) grow on trees. The idea of a continent where it is always warm and the crops bloom all year round is in many ways a paradise for us. And one more thing, life in the northern part of Eurasia is difficult, it is difficult to live there due to the climate and the small amount of fertile soil, and besides, we have always been surrounded by aggressive neighbors. Russia consists of many ethnic groups; in our society we do not have such constructs as a superior race; even the peoples that we had to conquer were never deprived of their rights to identity and calmly professed their faith and rituals. The word savage does not have any connotation with us as backward or inferior. Simply different, not professing cosmopolitanism or cut off from social processes. Europeans and Russians see these children's fairy tales and cartoons differently. And just so you know, I only tried fruits like banana and coconut when I was 18 years old. Sugar in tea was my usual sweets as a child. For the first time in my life I saw a black person, also somewhere at that age. I always look at them with curiosity, because I rarely see them, they are interesting, although perhaps to them I look like a savage) Authors, you take a couple of dubious stories and draw conclusions about the country and people from them. How are you different from those you fight with?

Respect ✊🏿 to Russia 🇷🇺

Is there no racism between individual peoples and tribes in Africa? It is important that such behavior is condemned by the government and the vast majority of people. The genocide in Rwanda

I lived in Russia more than 9 years i had not faced any kind of racism .

I must express some reservations regarding the content of this video. While I do not wish to be overly critical, I find it difficult to fully endorse the veracity of all the claims made therein. Essentially, the sources from which the information in this video has been derived fail to offer any substantive evidence to support the historical accuracy of the assertions presented in the article. Furthermore, it has come to my attention that certain of these sources and their respective authors hold anti-Russian sentiments, and have been known to disseminate inaccurate information, not solely pertaining to Russia but also on various other subjects. My earnest plea to the video's creator is as follows: when addressing a matter of such grave significance, I implore you to rely upon official and well-established historical sources. Please refrain from drawing from obscure, unverified outlets that may themselves be tainted by bias, and which derive their information from undisclosed origins.

It’s the old “ Do as I say, not as I do” The second any group of underdogs gets privilege over the general population….. it’s plain jealousy that takes over.

There's a saying, " Life is like a boiling pot. When the heat is on, the scum rises to the top." People are always striving to be counted. When they are not counted as value, they lash out against groups of smaller numbers or significance. Suffering people only know suffering, and they reject that

I'm from the university of American.. as a Black man I (definitely respect Russian) for standing up for black people.. black people did yall know this right here..

My best friend and business partner is russian. The kind of love, friendship and trust that no african friend ever showed me.

Come on man Russia helped all Africa to fight with colonialism. Russia never colonized Africa This video is propaganda. We Somalian are thankfully the russian

The Icon of Russia, the icon of every Russian, the poet every Russian boasts about - Alexander Pushkin, who was born into the Russian nobility in Moscow - had African blood. His father, belonged to an old noble family. His maternal great-grandfather was Major-General Abram Petrovich Gannibal, (cannibal) an Afro-African noble who was kidnapped from his homeland by Ottomans, then freed by the Russian Emperor and raised in Peter The Great's court. Pushkin had African features.

Living in the northeast, I have never had a bad experience with ANY Eastern Europeans or Southeast Asians. Good and spiritually healthy people will be just that, it doesn't matter the race, it's mainly here in America and the West in general where a lot of people are spiritually unfit, prejudiced, or racist.

My father and mother back in the 70s along with Angela Davis went to Russia was respected they were all freedom fighters ! Black history is whiting out with lies if you have old books on black history read them to your children and grandchildren teach them the truth! Peace love in light ❤thank you for sharing this

There was a Black Russian born guy I knew who was an attendent to worked in my former local laundry in NYC who I used to converse with. Although he came across as slightly on the conceited side I felt he was still a nice friendly guy.

This explains why I love My Russian brothers and sisters. First time seeing this video, but always felt Russia is Day and the USA is night when it comes to race

I always knew their was a reason I like russsia so much 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿might not have been sun shine and rainbows but atleast you didn’t put us in chains 👏🏿👏🏿Thank you for that Russsia

I never had issues with Slavic people. I saw how the Ukraine treated Africans over there on the news. I know Ukrainians are not Russians, but they both were part of the USSR.

My distant cousin, now gone (RIP), went to USSR with a full Russian scholarship,; he studied Civil Engineering, did very well, returned in Africa with his longtime Russian girl friend whom he ended up happily marrying. He did not experience all this harsh things I can hear in this 'pretty' and 'strong' voice! Back then, I was young but remember it all! Indeed,l one should have noticed that although prejudice is found anywhere in the world, even in Africa as a form of tribalism or ethnism, with a positive tendency to disappear (things changing now through africanism philosophy of unity), western Europe has always discriminated, and looked down, on eastern Europeans (Exemple: the good people of Romania), and others, especially africans who are deeply rooted in the fabrics of european society for a very very longtime! Some of them are subtle, hidden, but real like in Germany! The question is, how is it fine 'to generalize' the fact that Africans are discriminated against in a vivid and somehow exagerated way as if someone wants to get through subliminal messages!

Where is the power bro? True power is the truth. Comments of people shows the truth as it is. Africa rythms Glad to see you our comrades and friends.

Friends, we have about 200 nationalities in Russia.We don't care what color your skin is, just be a good person.

Okay back in 2016 I had traveled to Russia 🇷🇺 for a three week vacation & I can honestly say that not once I been racial profiled or anything of that sort I can walk into a store or throughout the Russia streets without being looked at any different or mistreated any different & when I did got stop by a Russian law enforcement I didn’t feel any life threatening by them but I felt a lil more relaxed when being encountered by the Russia 🇷🇺law enforcement & I guess at the time back in 2016 they had a feeling that I could be lost which I was a lil lost to trying to get to one place to another even though everything is in Russian & I had a translate map that had English which can translate Russian language into English language but yeah the Russia law enforcement helped me to get to where I was going without asking a lot of uncomfortable questions if u were to be stopped by a YT/white United States law enforcement so I say Russia are pretty much less racist than united state & it’s western nato allies 🤷🏽‍♀️

The mirror's reflective face has a side that NOBODY sees, but everyone knows...

Russia welcomed Paul Robeson as a man and also named a college after Patrice lamumba

This is why when I see what is taking place between Russia and Ukraine I can’t say bad things bout Russia the love Africans. Puttin gives the African leaders full respect

Grandfather of "Russian Sun of Poetry" Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) was black. He like a Shakespeare of Russia. Russians love him, he is like national hero. Every Russian knows about his black roots. Russian kids learn it from kindergarten.

That was very informative! I came to New Jack City to find my groove! After 3 years, I got employment In the Diamond 💎 District!! The first time I worked there, I was in need of money for a night hotel room! That job stabilized me, and I went forward and grew! I am AfroLatino, descent from Haiti and Dominican Republic! But, because we were born here, we're Black! But those Bukhara Uzbeks, who are under Russia, kept me working, I had 17 years of work experience. Not one muhafuggin American business employed me for even 1.7 years!! That work experience healed and helped me go forward!

Here in NYC, the Russian population treats Afro Americans the same way as the Italians, Polish and Koreas. Once they are apart system here in the United States they learn very quickly “They may have a hard life but at least they are not Black.”

Come on, guys. Here are the lyrics to the song about coconuts and bananas and an explanation below. Someone has made a very bad analysis and is wishful thinking. By the way, Chunga Changa is like Hakuna matata. "Hakuna matata" is a Swahili phrase, meaning "no trouble" or "no worries" and "take it easy" Chunga Changa, blue skies, Chunga Changa, it's summer all year round, Chunga Changa, we're having fun, Chunga Changa, we sing a song. Wonder Island, wonder island, It's easy and simple to live on Living on it is easy and simple, - Chunga Changa Our happiness, all the time Eat coconuts, eat bananas, Eat coconuts, eat bananas, - Chunga Changa Chunga Changa, there's no place like this, Chunga Changa, we don't know no trouble. Chunga Changa, who's been here for an hour- Chunga Changa, will never leave us. Wonder island, wonder island, It's easy and simple to live on Living on it is easy and simple, - Chunga Changa Our happiness, all the time Eat coconuts, eat bananas, Eat coconuts, eat bananas, - Chunga Changa Ps. We are talking about coconuts and bananas here in the context of their unavailability or very high cost during the Soviet era. By high cost, I mean VERY high cost. That's why the song says it's a blessing to have coconuts and bananas readily available and to be able to enjoy them. I remember as a kid seeing pineapples in stores and longing to know what they tasted like, but I didn't get to find out until I was 21. Yes, my family lived poorly, but the fact is that there were difficulties with importing such products, so most of the products spoiled quickly and therefore there were very high prices for fruit. Pss. Don't let yourself be fooled, always verify information.

I'm surprised that there was no mention of Alexander Pushkin.