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I'm your host, Jason Johnson.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has dominated headlines

and prompted several US politicians, many of whom did not demonstrate any interest in this country before,

to pressure President Biden to take stronger and stronger action.

But the crisis is also highlighting how race and ethnicity changes the response to war

and the refugee is struggling to escape it.

It was interesting watching reporters who were bending over backwards to help their viewers understand

that there was really something different about this moment in Europe.

More on the states in Ukrainian crisis coming up on a word with me, Jason Johnson.

Let's stay with us.

Welcome to a word, a podcast about race, impolitics, and everything else.

I'm your host, Jason Johnson. It has been more than a generation since most Americans viewed Russia as an existential threat.

But since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of neighboring Ukraine,

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