A Word: Heroes, Victims, or Threats: Race and Refugees

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 32 minutes

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White Ukrainians have been praised for defending their homeland, and embraced when they’re forced to leave. It’s a sharp contrast to what has faced Black Ukrainians, Syrians, Afghans, and others who have fled war zones. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by Patrick Gaspard, who served in the Obama administration, and currently leads the Center for American Progress. He addresses how race and ethnicity play out in the Ukrainian crisis, the U.S. response, and what’s at stake. Guest: Patrick Gaspard, former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, and the president and CEO of the Center for American Progress Podcast production by Jasmine Ellis You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	This is a word, a podcast from Slate. I'm your host Jason Johnson.
0:34.0	Russia's invasion of Ukraine has dominated headlines and prompted several U.S.
0:39.5	politicians, many of whom did not demonstrate any interest in this country before to pressure
0:44.6	President Biden to take stronger and stronger action. But the crisis is also
0:49.3	highlighting how race and ethnicity changes the response to war and the refugees struggling to escape it.
0:55.2	It was interesting watching reporters who are bending over backwards to help their viewers understand
1:01.3	that there was really something different about this moment in Europe.
1:05.4	More on the stakes in Ukrainian crisis coming up on a word with me Jason Johnson.
1:10.3	Stay with us. I. Welcome to a word, a podcast about race in politics and everything else.
1:20.0	I'm your host, Jason Johnson. Welcome to a word, a podcast about race, in politics, and everything else.
1:24.0	I'm your host, Jason Johnson. It has been more than a generation since most Americans viewed Russia
1:29.8	as an existential threat. But since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an
1:33.8	invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the US and much of Europe has seen Cold War
1:37.8	era tensions and fears of global war come roaring back. Here in the US the conflict has many leaders and
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