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I was born in a western country but have a very Russian sounding name. Already had coworkers give me shit like I personally invaded Ukraine. Knowing how dumb your average American is anyone vaguely eastern European is going to be labelled a Russian too. Seeing how openly xenophobic people are on the internet and how little pushback it gets is genuinely kinda terrifying to me. Anyone else feel worried about this shit?

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Oh god are we gonna start seeing shootings in russian churches now? :sadness-abysmal:

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Tell them you’re Ukrainian. Or Polish or Bulgarian. They can’t tell the difference between Slavic names anyways.

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vladmir, volodymyr I’m surprised they even tell the difference?

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I’m really sorry to hear that comrade. I’m worried about several friends and colleagues of mine even here in the UK.

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The more I hear about websites and certain governments wanting to punish regular Russians, the more worried I get.

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i have a manager who asks me jokingly during the start of covid until now how i like the police state measure à la communist china.

I just told him i prefer Plato’s Republic instead

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