556. Terrell Jermaine Starr - Russia Treated as 1st Tier Adversary but Ukraine Often as a 2nd Tier Ally

African American journalist Terrell Jermain Starr sees the Story of Ukrainian resilience as a Black experience. Russia is not only a colonial state, but it’s also a supremacist state, he says. Terrell has made it his mission to build bridges of trust between Americans and Ukraine. This is clearly vital, as he explains that African Americans are some of the most exposed people to Russian propaganda and disinformation within the US. Today we’ll be exploring the parallels to discrimination faced by Black people in the US, with centuries long persecution of Ukrainian identity by the Russian Empire. ---------- Terrell Jermaine Starr is the host and founder of Black Diplomats Official YouTube channel, where he posts regular dispatches from Ukraine that feature underrepresented voices and share how civilians are living through the war. Terrell was in Ukraine when the war broke out and provided daily video reports via Twitter that generated millions of views and dozens of appearances on network television where he spoke to millions of people around the world. What makes his work so interesting is that he explains the Russian colonialism that Ukrainians experience through the lens of white supremacy that Black people in the United States and around the world have endured. He helps people get past the challenge of seeing Ukrainians as merely white and, therefore, unable to be oppressed. Before Terrell focused on Ukraine full-time, he reported for various Black-owned and run media outlets in the U.S., including The Root where he was a national correspondent and covered presidential, state and local politics. He has a master’s degree in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies and a second in Journalism from the University of Illinois. He graduated from Philander Smith College, a historically Black school, with a bachelors in English. ---------- LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/@BlackDiplomatsOfficial https://www.instagram.com/terrelljstarr/?hl=en https://bsky.app/profile/terrelljstarr.bsky.social https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61569344763189 https://x.com/terrelljstarr https://terrellstarr.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrellstarrukraine/ Terrell’s fundraiser to create a series on black people in Ukraine: https://x.com/terrelljstarr/status/1861449586188984699 ---------- ARTICLES: https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/05/28/story-of-ukraine-is-a-black-experience-says-african-american-reporter/ https://www.ukrainer.net/terrell-star/ https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/03/19/person-of-interest-terrell-jermaine-starr-00018630 ---------- SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's frontline towns. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ----------