Racism in Russia: Why It’s Not What You Think

👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary Racism in Russia doesn’t look like what you’re used to. There was no slave trade. No Jim Crow. And for most of its history, hardly any visible minorities. But that doesn’t mean racism doesn’t exist—it just wears a different face. In this cultural deep-dive, Soviet-born writer Elvira Bary explores how racial prejudice works in Russia: who it targets, how it evolved, and why it still lingers. From the strange rise of an African noble in imperial Russia to the eerie silence surrounding migrants today, this is the side of Russian society few in the West truly understand Video Chapters: 00:00 Racism in Russia: Why It’s Not What You Think00:28 Racism, Russian Style06:26 How a Black Boy Became Russia’s Nobility09:31 The Yellow Peril: How Russia Learned to Fear the East12:50 Soviet Internationalism: Brotherhood with Conditions15:41 Children of the Festivals17:57 Still Living in the 19th Century 👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs): https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY 👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/ Buy Me A Coffee - https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary Donate with PayPal - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A