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Posted by untiracism on May 01, 2005 at 14:05:51:
dear friends
I am an international student in kiev ,
my face is somehow dark .yes! ,and its because of my Middle Eastern background ,,,
,,, well I am not black and not an Arab ,,, but anyway not completely white.I am here for around 4 years and I want to tell you
something about reality .
1-Ukraine is not a civilized country.
yes I know, you may say I belive in what I am seeing , well yes ! but for a good look you need to be here as a foreigner for
more than 6 months.
they have a street which is called Kpreshatik in
kiev and they did everything for it !(due to the fact thatthey want to join european union)
! so if you walk there you may think that you are walking in europe!
2-be prepare to show your Documets in around every 2 or 3 hours in the streets,and be sure without knowing Russian they will
bring you with themselves to the police office in an impolite style but in this process they will ask you for money ,so in this case
dont show them that you have money (if they see they will rob it from you )sorry but its the truth :( unlike Kiev this is more
common in other cities specially in kharkov or its area).
3-if you are a non smoker or a guy who dosent like high drinks like Vodka or ... get ready to see drunk guys in the street
drinking Vodka just like water !well Ukraine is the country of lard and Vodka ! and they are so pround of this ... if you lost your
way home dont worry you can find it ,just look at the signs of sputum on the streets :D some of them do this next to you for
showing that they hate blacks.(sputum)
4-in general people are not polite and are not respecting or esteeming you , ... even if you are a professor .
5-Ukrainain(specially Boys)are so jealous ,they can not tolerate that a dark or chinese guy is wearing good clothes or driving a
good car ,,, be aware of yourcar !they may broke the windows or scratch it (it happend to my friends car).
6-well ,dont be afraid but be careful, some of them are Skinheads! they are ready for punching,
and when they are ,,, be sure that they are more than one .... so escape in this situations ,,,
Ukraine is not a lawful country, forget it if you need help from police .
God knows that what I am saying is 100% the truth and I am not kidding, so the truth:
if you are from
1-Asia(China-India-Persia-Arabic countries)
2-Africa and blacks
3-south America including mexico
4-and maybe dark Spanish or Portuguese
you will see racism in Ukraine .
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