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I thank the authors and BMJ [1] for highlighting the abhorrent acts of overt racism in Ukraine. Whilst there’s little doubt, all fair minded people would unreservedly condemn the ongoing barbarism in Ukraine, nothing could justify such horrifying racist acts against “African and South Asian” people [1].
Addressing blatant racism is unlikely to be a priority for Ukrainian authorities at the moment, but both the UK and Europe have a moral obligation to take this issue seriously and do all that they can to protect vulnerable ethnic minorities without delay. Downplaying this unfolding secondary tragedy could lead to untold suffering and in the extreme death, to ethnic minorities in Ukraine.
I would urge the BMJ to give wider prominence to this article on its website.
Re: The Ukrainian refugee crisis and the pathology of racism; abhorrent overt racism in Ukraine
Dear Editor
I thank the authors and BMJ [1] for highlighting the abhorrent acts of overt racism in Ukraine. Whilst there’s little doubt, all fair minded people would unreservedly condemn the ongoing barbarism in Ukraine, nothing could justify such horrifying racist acts against “African and South Asian” people [1].
Addressing blatant racism is unlikely to be a priority for Ukrainian authorities at the moment, but both the UK and Europe have a moral obligation to take this issue seriously and do all that they can to protect vulnerable ethnic minorities without delay. Downplaying this unfolding secondary tragedy could lead to untold suffering and in the extreme death, to ethnic minorities in Ukraine.
I would urge the BMJ to give wider prominence to this article on its website.
References
[1] https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o661
Competing interests: Object to any form of racism.