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During world war two there was quite a rise of xenophobia against Japonese because of the acts of the Japonese empire, do you feel like xenophobia against you has increased in the past years?

You you are also from a ""enemy"" country from the US, you may also give away your experience.

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[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 31 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Idiots do that. Resenting a whole people for the acts of one asswipe. Not every Russian want this war. Not every person loves war. Stupid propaganda shit from both sides.

[–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

you couldn't be more right, my friend

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

We're all the same apes, we just speak different languages ☺️ To answer your initial question (in proxy, am no Russian) btw: The russian friends i have do not feel more xenophobia than before. In Russia that is. I'd say here they totally would, considering how hating Russia became the new normal (and also considering how many Ukrainians fled to here)

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Not really. Mostly online there's some bloodthirst that can be disappointing, but I know how this works so I get it, it's not the worst thing happening right now.

I think casual counterproductive xenophobia with e.g. Linux kernel banning russian maintainers supposedly as opposed to people explicitly involved with the war or gov't is also disappointing.

Back before the war, a lot of my western friends in the UK were either Putin apologists, whenever I'd bring up my persecution as a trans person in Russia, they'd laught if off or say something like "I just like Putin, he's so funny". It's been enjoyable watching them be silent now. It's been less enjoyable to see them follow Farage and Trump and similar paternalistic populist "charismatic" leaders though. Please don't make me have to immigrate again.

No quantity of "I told you so" will ever get through to them, a lot of westerners are too close minded and westcentric and they don't always have the capacity to have discussions about geopolitics that don't necessarily relate directly to them.

At the outset of the war, literally on day 1 iirc, I was dating somebody from Ukraine, and we had a lot more common ground and ability to discuss geopolitics, probably helps both of us were really engaged leftists at the time.

[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hugs, hope you are in a safer place now! I hope that that Putin hits the dust soon.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks! Yeah I'm in the UK, not great, not terrible, and I hope whoever comes after is better but I honestly can't even begin to speculate how you could actually permanently fix Russia's jingoism.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

huh. I think i'm from the ones who prefers lemmurs

[–] krazzyk@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

First time I've seen this version

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

omg i love cheese so mucch

[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Im not sure if this is relevant but I completely agree

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

I live in the US and I haven’t noticed any xenophobia. I have heard a couple of people refer to β€œRussians” like we are a monolith but they were still understanding of someone like me who is very anti-war.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I mean, I'm guessing it's not going to be as bad as during the Cold War, and even back then they were white and there were plenty who settled in North America and contributed their 1/32 of ancestry, so I'm not aware of much stigma ever being present here.