November 27, 2024

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

54 minutes

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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain

https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain

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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/

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