MSNBC host Joy Reid said the conflict happening in Ukraine is gaining worldwide attention because Ukraine is primarily white and Christian.
QUICK FACTS:
- During her show “The ReidOut,” the host compared the crisis in Ukraine to the Yemen war, saying “we haven’t witnessed the same type of solidarity for the Yeminis as we do for the Ukrainians.”
- “The coverage of Ukraine has revealed a pretty radical disparity in how human Ukrainians look and feel to western media compared to their browner and blacker counterparts, with some reporters using very telling comparisons in their analyses of the war,” Reid said.
- She went on to say that her industry has “a lot of soul searching that we need to do in western media about why some wars and lives seem to matter more than others. And why some refugees get the welcome mat while others get the wall.”
REID ON WHY THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS IS RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY:
“Well, we don’t need to ask ourselves if the international response will be the same if Russia unleashed their horror on a country that wasn’t white and largely Christian — because Russia has already done it in Syria.”
BACKGROUND:
- Users took to Twitter to criticize Reid’s remarks, claiming the host to be dividing the country with her coverage of the crisis.
- “Joy Reid once again confirms that she’s racist trash by saying that America only cares about Ukraine because it’s white people… And the people who run NBC are ok with this messaging… which makes them no different,” one user tweeted.
- “Joy Reid #joymsnbc Says the only reason we care about the Invasion of Ukraine is that the Country is White and Christian. How much more racist does this person get before being fired. Half a Million migrants from Africa live here,” another said.
