[mardifoufs]

I don't think that was their point. They are saying that talking about "crime" being a cultural element is wack and is usually a dogwhistle for plain racism and to justify hatred (I mean, it's part of their "culture" after all!). That's why saying "crime is part of black culture" is bad, and why saying that it's part of any culture should also raise eyebrows. If the same comment about Russian culture was about black culture, it would've been flagged (rightfully so).

[chpatrick]

However it's a very typical "no u" response to any criticism of Russia.

[pixl97]

I believe one of the reasons why so many people get away with the black culture dog whistle is American history kinda ignores the entire period between the end of the civil war and the start of WWII. We learn some about the Jim Crow era, but it's kind of neglected that slavery didn't stop at all. If you say 'Slavery actually ended in WWII", I do believe most people would be surprised. And it reframes the argument from slavery ended a long time ago, to things were really still total shit until your (black) grandparents generation (and not much better till the civil rights movements after that).

Neoslavery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4kI2h3iotA

Now, turning this back to Russia, is seemingly Russia has always had the idea that it's outer population is a gigantic meat shield to protect Moscow. There are a number of authors and videos on this topic and I'm not going to link any particular ones. This said in the current war with Ukraine we see this in practice, as huge amount of the soldiers being used are not from the Moscow area, but the more minority areas farther away from the capital.