Black people fled to USSR from US bigotry and linch mobs

[Ifor Bach]

Russia is one of the most racist countries on planet earth.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Living with race hate in Russia

Racism In Russia: Obama Only Too Happy To Channel Bo Jangles Sigmund, Carl and Alfred

The Jawa Report: Racism in Russia: My Experience

[scratchnsniff]

I am surprised that cael has not mentioned paul Robeson, Surely the most famous black person to go to the USSR. He was treated appallingly in the US not even able to enter the theaters he was headlining through the front. However it should be obvious that the US has changed, not least because of its democratic principles as well as Brave men and woman who made their stand.
The USSR was not able to change, once its economic failure became inevitable it was finished as a regime, change meant extinction and that was the path to freedom for millions.
I am not sure what point cael is making, except that only democratic regimes can change with the power of their populations without breaking down.

[Ifor Bach]

And btw, Captain Sensible, learn to spell 'lynch'.

[sandar]

and since the USSR entered a pact with the nazis fired the first shots of WW2 with a colonial war against finland its not in aposition to lecture others about racial tolerance

[Captain Sensible]

And btw, Captain Sensible, learn to spell 'lynch'.

Learn to read threads properly

[eoin smith]

Anderson: “You know, if I were a Negro, I'd probably think the same way they do.
Ward: If you were a Negro, nobody would give a damn what you thought.”
Quote from Mississippi Burning 1988
How very true to life that saying is.
The blacks were not second class citizens in the USA. They were nothing.

[sandar]

thats very true eoin, thankfully the situation is changing by the day, with black pwoer brokers acroso the fields of politics, media and business

[riker1969]

As Jesus said "beware authority". Whatever form of Government you choose they all screw you. Politicians should be treated the same as septic tank cleaners-necessary, but you wouldnt want the guy to come to dinner.

[sandar]

to be honest, most of then iwe nouldw abnt to come to dinner but I wouldnt trust them with the aul septic tank

[Kev408]

Cael, you're citing that bastion of Capitalism - Time Magazine - as your source of information. You can't be a selective communist. Also, you spelled 'lynch' with an 'i'. We also cannot deny our history.