>Charles is right that it is dishonest to talk about "the USSR" today,
>although the title of the article is obviously a coy British pun referring
>to the Beatles song. However, Blacks in the USSR reported a lot of racism
>and ignorance. There is a nice book I read nearly 20 years ago about a
>black American woman who was a student at Moscow State in the late 70s,
>early 80s, not hostile to the USSR, has harraising tales of racism and
>bigotry quite nakedly expressed, jkjs
Is this the book by Yelena Khanga?
Racism in the USSR was nothing like what it is today. Not even close.
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