Charlene White has defended herself against trolls who accused her of playing the 'race card'. The journalist appeared on yesterday's Loose Women show (March 1), which opened with the four panellists discussing the things that hit home the most for them about the war in Ukraine.
For Charlene, one thing that has 'really stuck out' is the 'incessant racism' that Black people, amongst others, are facing in Ukraine, as they attempt to flee. Addressing her colleagues and viewers at home, Charlene, 41, said: "You've got thousands of Black, Asian, Syrian, Arab students and workers who have been also trying to get out of Ukraine and have been prevented from doing so due to the incessant racism they have experienced - they’ve not been allowed to go through borders.
"Quite a few of them have not been allowed to go through the border to Poland, for example. And there are British students as well, there’s a Black British student called Korrine Sky who has been tweeting over the past week of her desperate travels... and has been fought back by Ukrainian troops, has been pushed back by Ukrainian people who believe that the Black people need to be at the back of the bus."
