The American and European establishment including media, politicians, and corporate elite appear to value white life over Latinos, Asians, Arabs, Black and Indigenous peoples. In addition, many scholars are too intimidated to stand up for anything that goes against the prevailing governmental mantra, fearing they will lose their status or even their jobs.
This Ukraine War has shone a spotlight on the hypocrisy of the West. When people of color get massacred with Western weapons, directly or indirectly, in the hundreds of thousands or millions, the people of the West hardly bat an eye, but now they count every single Ukrainian civilian that dies. It is tragic when anyone dies in conflict but this double standard reeks of hypocrisy and mendacity!
Thousands have been killed in the Donbass by the Ukrainian army over the past eight years and hardly a soul in the West has cared. Why? Because the media ignored it. They did so because the people of Donbass are close to Russia; therefore, their plight was disregarded. Hypocrisy!
I believe that much of the developing world will unite with Russia, and it will not be isolated because the world remembers all the crimes that Europeans and Americans have inflicted upon them, soaking their lands with blood and robbing them of their resources and dignity. As soon as there is an alternative to the West, many countries are going to jump ship. And I do believe these sanctions will backfire. Why? Because they have been done out of desperation. The West knows that China is the new economic and military superpower. India is growing at a rapid pace, and India will stay friendly with Russia. Many African, Latin American, and Arab countries will also maintain good relations with Russia. The West is not the world.