Russian Racism

As an adopted person from Russia, I am so bloody sick of “comrade” jokes

What you said John Kennedy is racist and I won’t have it

I was born in Moscow, Russia in January. I was adopted and brought to the USA before I was one year old. I have lived in America for about 97% of my life (I did the math). I am so sick of every tired joke that people suddenly think they’re clever by saying something about communism (“You aren’t a communist are you?”) or “comrade…” like they aren’t the one-thousandth person to tell me that in my life.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) was interviewing Dr. Saule Omarova, relating to a position in the White House today (November 2021). During the interview, he was caught on camera making the remark “I don’t know whether to call you professor or comrade” to which Dr. Saule made the remark (paraphrasing) “I had zero control over my birth circumstances and what I was forced to attend during my young school years as a child”.

Senator, this is Russian racism. Dictionary.com defines racism as “Exhibiting prejudice towards a race or ethnicity.” Shortly after Trump became president, the amount of racism and xenophobia towards Russians skyrocketed. I couldn’t go to Twitter without seeing things like “Moscow Mitch” (yes, as Moscow is where I was born, I wanted to set something on fire every time I read that crap). These slogans and phrases have real-life consequences…