{"id":27932,"date":"2022-03-24T18:50:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=27932"},"modified":"2022-03-24T18:00:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:00:48","slug":"analysis-ukraine-crisis-boycotting-everything-russian-instead-of-blaming-putin-is-xenophobic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/analysis-ukraine-crisis-boycotting-everything-russian-instead-of-blaming-putin-is-xenophobic","title":{"rendered":"ANALYSIS | Ukraine crisis: Boycotting everything Russian, instead of blaming Putin \u2013 is xenophobic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span><b>Amid the sanctions imposed on the Russian government, there have also been calls to boycott all things Russian, or even just Russian sounding. Rachel Pistol explains why this veers towards xenophobia.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked global outrage and a desire to show support for Ukrainian citizens. Many people who are not in Ukraine have felt desperate to do something positive, something that will help.<\/p>\n<p>Some have donated clothing and blankets. Others have registered to host refugees. And everywhere from government buildings to school playgrounds, the colours of the Ukrainian flag have been flown, solidarity writ large in blue and yellow. But alongside this positive support for Ukraine is a more negative rejection of anything \u2013 and everything \u2013 associated with Russia. Military anthems by long-dead Russian composers have been stricken off concert playlists. Russian cats have been banned from international feline exhibitions.This begs the question of what these actions seek to achieve and who is being impacted. As my research shows, the second world war offers multiple examples of destructive antagonism directed at German, Italian and Japanese citizens living in the UK and the US. As always in times of war, it is citizens who suffer the consequences of the actions of their government. Amid the sanctions imposed on the Russian government, there have also been calls to boycott all things Russian, or even just Russian sounding. Boycotts, of course, give individuals a say through collective action. But many non-Russian products have been accidentally targeted. Bar owners in the US have dumped Stoli Vodka, which is actually made in Latvia by a company headquartered in Luxembourg. The action may be symbolic but it is nonetheless misguided. When Benito Mussolini declared war on Britain on June 10, 1940, there were riots across the UK. Italian shops were looted, Italian businesses had their windows smashed. Similar scenes have played out recently across the US, with Russian restaurants having their premises vandalised. Both then and now, however, there is confusion over which businesses genuinely belong to \u201cthe enemy\u201d. And no consideration is given to the suffering caused to innocent civilians caught in the crossfire between their native country and their country of domicile. A lack of geographic knowledge and understanding among the general public has always caused issues in times of war. Ukrainians and Latvians are currently being targeted because people mistakenly think they\u2019re Russian. This is merely people\u2019s continued manifestation of xenophobic bullying based on a desire to \u201cdo\u201d something but with little understanding of how best to direct their anger. During the second world war, Asian Americans wore badges stating they were not Japanese, in order to stave off attacks on themselves or their property. Similarly, in the UK, the US and elsewhere, businesses whose names include the word \u201cRussian\u201d are having to change to names less likely to attract attention from xenophobes.Luxembourgeois company SPI has had to change the Russian name of its vodka, which is made in Latvia, to Stoli, after being boycotted.<\/p>\n<p>Eden, Janine and Jim | Flickr, CC BY<\/p>\n<p>Civilians harmedMore concerning are the calls for deporting ordinary Russian citizens from western countries, even if they are opposed to Putin and his regime. In scenes that directly echo the treatment of so-called \u201cenemy aliens\u201d during the second world war, shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, Californian congressman Eric Salwell suggested \u201ckicking every Russian student out of the United States\u201d as a means of retaliating against Putin.In the UK, the MP for North Thanet in Kent, Roger Gale, went even further. He called for all Russians to be \u201csent home\u201d, even though he acknowledged that many \u201cgood and honest\u201d people would be caught as \u201ccollateral damage\u201d. During the second world war, much harm was inflicted on innocent bystanders because of policies like these. Most Italians who suffered during the rioting had lived in the UK for decades and held strong loyalties to Britain. This did not stop male Italians who had lived in the UK for less than 20 years from being interned behind barbed wire in camps on the Isle of Man, deported to camps in Canada or Australia, or, tragically for some, perishing on the torpedoed Arandora Star. In the US, meanwhile, Japanese immigrants had called the west coast their home for decades before the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. They had raised their children and grandchildren as proud American citizens. Had anti-Asian legislation not existed to prevent Asians from naturalising, many Japanese immigrants would have become American citizens like their American children. Denied this opportunity, all those with Japanese ancestry \u2013 including their Japanese American children, who were American citizens by right of their birth \u2013 were forcibly removed from their homes and places of work and incarcerated behind barbed wire. Research has shown the lasting trauma this has caused and how this was done in a manner tantamount to ethnic cleansing. Calling for all Russian citizens to suffer for the actions of Vladimir Putin does nothing to place meaningful pressure on the Russian government. Death threats, damage to property, physical attacks and cyber stalking do nothing to help Ukrainians. This is simply bullying. A clear distinction must be drawn between Russian government officials and those Russians who have earned their wealth via corruption and support of Putin, who need to be sanctioned, and ordinary Russian citizens living abroad. The latter find themselves in a dangerous situation, regardless of how staunchly they oppose their government\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Many Russian citizens and Russian speakers \u2013- which includes many Ukrainians \u2013 are suffering xenophobic abuse. If history is to be repeated, they are at risk of incarceration, and even deportation. What Ukraine needs is political, military and humanitarian assistance, not hatred directed at innocent Russian citizens living in the west.Rachel Pistol, Research Fellow, European Holocaust Research Infrastructure, King&#8217;s College LondonThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Amid the sanctions imposed on the Russian government, there have also been calls to boycott all things Russian, or even just Russian sounding. Rachel Pistol explains why this veers towards xenophobia. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked global outrage and a desire to show support for Ukrainian citizens. 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