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Russian colonialism is sending Russia’s ethnic minorities to Ukraine to die in disproportionate rates. Racism is a big reason why. Here’s my latest explainer, with the help of Maria Vyushkova’s research featured in the Moscow Times
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Editing: @fifthcolumnfilms

/Ukraïna

Good morning from Lviv! I’ll be at the Lviv Media Forum for the next few days. Tomorrow, I’ll be talking about what it means to build solidarity between Ukrainians and non-white peoples.

/Ukraïna

Hello, folks!

When I relaunch my Substack newsletter in the coming days, I’ll be publishing articles about the intersection of race and foreign policy. But I’ll also be exploring crypto currency subjects such as the one in this cast below.

What types of crypto stories would you like to see from me that focus on foreign policy?

/Farcaster

This is my latest explainer on Russian colonialism. Thanks to my excellent video producer @fifthcolumnfilms for his great editing skills!

We’ll be rolling out monthly membership plans for you to support our work later this week!

/Ukraïna

I’ll be doing my own reporting on this, but Trump’s lies about white South Africans being persecuted is all wrapped in ginning up white nationalist support in the US and abroad. Nothing more.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crljn5046epo

Good morning!

Me mushroom foraging in the Carpathian Mountains, in western Ukraine, on September 17, 2022.

/Nature

This is where I’ll be in western Ukraine for much of this summer. This is the carpathians. People are surprised that this is Ukraine. But it is.

I took this video September11, 2022.

/Nature

My favourite pastime in Ukraine is mushroom hunting. I’m still learning which ones are safe vs poisonous, but I’m enjoying the experience. I’ll be back in the Carpathians this summer.

I took this selfie on September 17, 2022.

/Nature

It would not be “difficult” if Trump had not withdrawn from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the first place. 🤷🏿‍♀️

Happy Mother’s day to Inez Starr.

She was my grandmother but she actually raised me as her son up until the day she died in 1998, after I finished high school. Born in the late 1920s, in South Carolina, she lived in Jim Crow and worked the fields as a sharecropper until moving to Detroit in the 1950s. She would have five children there, in addition to the five she birthed in South Carolina.

My mom was in the army, so I stayed in Detroit, where she raised me. I never called her grandma. She was always mom. She taught me how to use a gas stove by the age of 7 and I was cooking full meals at 10. She also taught me to clean a house before I was a teenager. Of all of the people in my life, my mom was my biggest influence. I do not have many photos of her, but this is one of us when I was a small child during a family reunion in South Carolina.

I am very happy to have memories of Inez Starr, the most important person in my life during her lifetime.

I truly despise the sexist coverage Pamala Anderson endures. This woman is the ire of crotchety old white men who will never achieve her success, experience one day of her beauty or age as gratefully as she has.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/leylamohammed/pamela-anderson-defended-amid-met-gala-appearance-criticism

This is pure cruelty.

https://apnews.com/article/transgender-troop-ban-hegseth-pentagon-45c8eeec86c3148eadf63ff8d709f00b

Trump’s solution for ending the war in Ukraine: ⚽️

My latest explainer:

https://youtube.com/shorts/LgNohQ6-q7U?si=B7pq_BnDYTcSJKaf

My latest explainer on the racism Uzbek soldiers faced during WWII.

Please subscribe to @terrelljstarrofficial on YouTube for conversations that have no borders!

https://youtube.com/shorts/z6ut72gvnmY?si=ibJ2qvh4Y6QP1HcX

Please follow me on YouTube @terrellstarrofficial. You’ll still see black diplomats branding but that’ll change by next week Friday. In the meantime, follow me at the new handle and check out my great work!

https://youtu.be/NkrRlg7C6Z8?si=CMjfzrfY9No6Ckk-

Good morning, everybody!

I’m looking forward to relaunching my media platforms and giving you all ways to support my independent journalism. This is my new logo now. Just deciding if I’ll leave the J out.

What do you think? J or no J?

Uzbek soldiers faced extreme racism when deployed to the front during WWII. As Putin boasts of so-called Mother Russia’s contributions during its Victory Day celebrations, watch my video explainer that breaks down the unique sacrifices and racism the Uzbeks faced while fighting the Nazis on behalf of the USSR.

Good morning!

This is me in with a friend relaxing on Mount Stiy, in the Eastern Carpathians in Western Ukraine on August 20, 2020.

/Travel

Re: that article from theGrio I shared.

If you are out of the United States, you’ll need a VPN to access it.

A racist white woman, Shiloh Hendrix, has raised more than half a million dollars after calling a Black child the n-word. A Black, female coder, Kiandria Demone (pictured below), figured out the processing company the platform uses for payments and is trying to stop Hendrix from getting a penny.

Yes, this is a real story. Read it here:

https://thegrio.com/2025/05/07/shiloh-hendrix-raised-over-600k-after-calling-a-black-child-a-racial-slur-kiandria-demone-is-making-sure-she-never-sees-a-cent/

Donald Trump thinks football is an incentive for Putin to end the war. You can’t make this sh*t up!

My latest explainer video!

BREAKING: Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name Pope Leo XIV, was born in Chicago and was considered a long-shot candidate, is the first American to be named Pope.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/08/world/pope-conclave-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

I’m naturally an introvert myself, but I’ve learned to get over that and explore the world. I love meeting new people and understand I’m not a common sight to most people. So I’m fine with allowing people into my space so we can enjoy each other’s energy.

Then I go home in my cave and stay inside for the rest of the day 😂

Good morning,

As a Black man who travels around Central Asia, I’m asked to pose for many photos. This is me in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. I was walking by a wedding party when the couple asked me to take a photo with them on their special day.

December 20, 2021.

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