Calls to Action and Resources for Racial Justice in the Ukrainian Diaspora

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Performative Activism in the Ukrainian Community
Performative Activism in the Ukrainian Community

I’d like to reflect on my personal experience with activism in the Ukrainian community in the last 8 months since the BLM protests which occurred in the summer of 2020….Back in June of 2020 I petitioned a Ukrainian organization I was part of, asking them to show greater support for Pride month and the BLM movement. I was met with swift and strong rebuke from all levels of management…

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An Antiracist Perspective on Famine and Genocide
An Antiracist Perspective on Famine and Genocide

As Ukrainians honor the Holodomor as genocide, we must remain consistent in our understanding of what genocide is, and in our outrage when it happens in our own midst…

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To Be Young, Gifted, Black, and Ukrainian
To Be Young, Gifted, Black, and Ukrainian

I grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago with a Black dad and a white mom. I am the oldest of four girls. My parents taught me to identify as biracial, as an equal mix of Black and white. Later in life, I’d call myself a Black woman, sometimes a mixed Black woman, in the Ukrainian diaspora and the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church…

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Marxism, Black Lives Matter, and Ukrainians: Can We Still Be Antiracist?
Marxism, Black Lives Matter, and Ukrainians: Can We Still Be Antiracist?

For many Ukrainians, it is almost instinctual to become tense towards anything perceptibly Communist. Indeed, our relationship to Communism in Soviet Ukraine is a very painful history for a lot of us—something difficult to overstate…

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Antiracism Resources

Curated reading lists, podcasts, children’s books, and other educational materials to help stimulate critical thought on race in North America.

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Blog contributor Natalia reflects on Ukrainians' odd position as both trauma survivors AND settlers. Link to blog in bio. . . . . . #settlercolonialism #colonialism #decolonize #reparations #hudsonsbay #ukrainiansinusa #ukrainiansincanada #canadian
Many in our diaspora call us and BLM "dangerous Marxist leftists." 🙄 Blog contributor Tony analyzes that fear of left-leaning activism, and what that means for antiracist work in this community. Link to blog in bio . . . . #blmmovement #b
Read Summer's story of how she found her way through love to the Ukrainian community. ❤ Link to blog in bio . . . @sumjazfi #antioppression #antiracism #antiracist #blog #ukrainiansinusa #ukrainianincanada #ukrainian #ukrainianfestival #ukrainiancom
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