Experience of African-American Students in Russia

[Edward M Dumanis]

On recent events, see /in Russian/
http://www.rgz.ru/arhiv/18.07.2001/txt/kriminal/txt4.html
http://palm.newsru.com/crime/10jun2001/mskcrime_negrcutthroat.html
http://moscow.hrights.ru/etnic/data/etnic31_03_2002-3.htm

To understand some references to Tsaritsino there, see
http://www.rusglobus.net/forums/PGB/messages/10002.shtml
on the events of October 30, 2001. You can find there also some logs of
the racially motivated crimes at that time.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>


On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Steven Clancy wrote:

> One of our students at the University of Chicago is interested in studying
> in Russia, but since she is African-American, she is concerned about
> encountering racism or other related difficulties in Russia if she studies
> abroad. Does anyone have any information, anecdotal or other, on the
> experience of African-American students on study abroad programs in
> Russia? Is there anything in particular to worry about or be careful
> about?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Steven
>
> Steven Clancy
> Senior Lecturer in Russian, Slavic, and 2nd-Language Acquisition
> Director, Slavic Language Program
> Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
>
> Mailing address:
> University of Chicago
> Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
> 1130 East 59th Street, Foster 406
> Chicago, IL 60637
>
> Office: (773) 702-8567
> in Gates-Blake 438
> Department: (773) 702-8033
> Fax: (773) 702-7030
> sclancy at uchicago.edu
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