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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 don't see you check your passport. i see you picking white people only. >> how would you describe what's happening at the border? >> i don't like using the word racism -- >> that was nbc news correspondent. take a look at these images out of poland. hundreds of thousands of refugees have arrived there, after long journeys in freezing temperatures, they joined the...

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 that's 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, and this is a human rights crisis. and the only way we can solve this is by confronting it togethe...

>> yeah i'm, 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 it's 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 acting so shocked about this particular conflict? >> these are our own prejudices and biases. world w...

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 these now oligarchies gave him a lot of money to get reelected, and then in return they were given a...

Ukraine. but in truth, they're 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 of discrimination during a time of such crisis? i've been saying that war brings out the best and ...