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_qfhw

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    Apartheid South Africa's economy was already experiencing troubles as far back as the 1970s and 1980s. All of that happened despite a majority of the population being marginalized …

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    Comment #30700252

    Respectfully; this forum encourages discussion. It is not good enough to say Ukrainians are neighbours and would integrate better than refugees from other countries. At the expense…

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    Comment #30697556

    I am not sure the argument for corruption adds up, given Ukraine's global corruption perception index scores are comparable to developing nations in Africa and Asia.

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    Comment #30697429

    I see this statement a lot, but I am yet to see it substantiated. My home country hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees[1] however, speaking anecdotally, integrating people is di…

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    Comment #30668867

    Mind you, YT premium is not available in all countries.

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    Comment #30532782

    As a black African, I still have sympathy for the people of Ukraine. Even on this forum, I have been accused of "stupid whining" when commenting on the plight of brown, foreign stu…

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    Comment #30518342

    I'll just remind you that the source article cites accounts from African women who just happen to be students in Ukraine in the middle of this unfortunate conflict. The rest of you…

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    Comment #30516601

    To add to what GP commented here [1], African and Asian students studying in Ukraine do not deserve to discriminated against by Ukrainians, irrespective of the current difficult ci…

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    Comment #30514265

    Your response makes no sense at all, given the first-hand accounts of discrimination from women in the linked article.

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    Comment #30512804

    Even if your outrageous claim was true, it does not justify discrimination of foreign students fleeing a war zone!

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    Comment #30438632

    Disinformation is certainly the correct term for what CitizenGo are attempting to achieve through this Twitter campaign. The proposed law in question, the Reproductive Healthcare B…

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    Comment #30426311

    I'm a big fan of Nokias as they don't come with the bloatware common on some other Android phones.

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    Comment #29969218

    The implementation of the Play Stores policies for consumers is also fundamentally broken. In my country's version of the Play Store, the number two ranking app is currently rated …

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    Comment #29694331

    Desmond Tutu was critical of Israeli government policy in the treatment of Palestinian people and even earlier when Israel maintained friendly relations with the apartheid regime i…

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    Comment #29657859

    I think the argument for legitimate application in Uganda is partly negated by allegations that political opposition was also being targeted [1]. [1] https://twitter.com/norbertmao…

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    Comment #29648857

    One of my favourite things about the great work done on Proton is that some Windows exclusive 90s era games of my childhood run better on Linux than they do on modern versions of W…

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    Comment #29265242

    As you have mentioned these are extreme examples. I think Singapore is the most interesting since it is the example politicians in my home country use to gaslight the electorate. T…

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    I think the situation is far more complex than just blanket blame of former colonial powers for present day problems. It is also disingenous to expect such countries to pull themse…

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