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Continue to point the guns, even as refugees race at their hands and surrender. alexander, a nigerian student was there. he alleges officials at multiple borders turned refugees of color away. >> you identify a ukrainian, because if i dont see you check your passport. i see you picking white people only. >> how would you describe whats happening at the border? >> i dont like using the word racism -- >> that was nbc news correspondent. take a look at these images out of poland. hundreds of thousa...

Really call everyone to more aspirational kind of citizenship. martin luther king day on your talked about a beloved committee that was free of racial discrimination, economic discrimination, and also, war, violence and poverty. and thats what we should be trying to build, even emits this conflict. so we have to protect the lives of all the people who are in ukraine, irrespective of their skin color, irrespective of whether they were born there or not. these are all global citizens of the world,...

>> yeah im, so glad you made that point. let me ask you really quickly, we have about 45 seconds left. when it comes to the media coverage, we are seeing some disparities in how reporters, some reporters, talk about the nature of refugees, fleeing ukraine, compared to refugees fleeing conflicts in the middle east, where its almost expected that that is happening from these uncivilized parts of the world. europe is no stranger to violence, and war itself is noted in the past. why is the media act...

The u.s. sanctions list, and of course, this past week, this 500 foot yacht, half a billion dollar worth, was just seized by german authorities. tell me a little bit about who these guys are, and what do they have to do with this putin in the war, at this point, if anything? >> so some of these people got rich on the yeltsin. some of these people got rich andra putin. so -- so they have remained very rich. there was a deal in the 1990s when nelson was about to lose an ♪ ♪ ♪ election, that ...

Ukraine. but in truth, theyre inextricable concerns. joseph is the finding director of the center for the study of race and democracy at the lyndon b. johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas at austin. he joins me now. professor, thank you so much for your time. i want to read another quote from your piece. no single ethnic, racial or religious group has a greater capacity for civilization, personal dignity or citizenship than others. why do you think we are seeing this level...

Helping students with funds and transportation. can you imagine leaving your home country to pursue a better education, a better life, only to end up in the middle of a war, not knowing where or who you can turn to for help! but the terrible truth is that is what were seeing in ukraine, unfortunately, it isnt unique. lets them off for a moment. look at how many people have been displaced from their homes in venezuela, south sudan, myanmar, syria, afghanistan. whats happening in ukraine is only a...

Meetings with nato, they are being union, countries beyond the g7. and we see that support not only continue, security support, humanitarian support, but thats support will increase. and as for the pressure of russia, not only is it unprecedented, not only is it producing very, very concrete results and russia, but that pressure to will not only continue, it will grow until this war is more choice is brought to an end. >> now, the stars had their nobles, and the soviet premiers had their apparat...

Forced to wait in the blistering cold, while white women boarded the train first. the situation inside ukraine is a humanitarian emergency, and the swift action taken by europe should have been the response. but this crisis has highlighted the blatant racism and xenophobic that many refugees actually face, trying to escape war. and you an expert condemned this treatment on thursday, saying, quote, the reality is that non-white migrants and refugees face deadly discrimination all over the world, ...

Foot to escape war. more than half ended up in poland. ed lavandera is at the poland/ukraine border crossing. ed, tell us more about what youve been witnessing. >> reporter: hi, fredricka. we are right on the ukrainian border and this is where ukrainian refugees take their first steps into poland and they start making their way through this alley and it has been converted into an aid zone where aid organizations have set up places where they can get warm food, medical ascension, bottles of water...

Ukrainian army continues to defend our city, ukraine still controls centre of the city, industrial parts of our city and some districts. and russia temporarily occupied some outskirts of mariupol. we should understand that we do not receive photos and videos from mariupol for about 20 days. so, we do not know exactly what is happening in mariupol. i mean with photos and videos. only some conversations, some sms. so, we... it could be awful, awful and absolutely impossible situation, what is happ...