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Loose Women studio erupts in chaos as panellists clash over racism at Ukraine borders

 People absolutely accused Loose Women’s Charlene White ‘of gambling race card’ after racism at Ukraine border dialogue

Loose Women’s Charlene White has hit again at trolls accusing her of ‘playing the race card’ after an essential dialogue on racism amid the Ukraine disaster.

The presenter spoke at duration about the latest reviews of terrified Black college students being stranded after suffering racism on the Polish border on Tuesday’s episode of the ITV sunlight hours programme, with Janet Street Porter, Coleen Nolan and Katie Piper.

Several videos posted on social media have emerged to reveal aggravating confrontations with border guards in which crowds of predominantly Black humans had been shouted at or obstructed.

Addressing the abhorrent racism, Charlene stated: ‘My coronary heart honestly does exit to the Ukrainian human beings and people inside the bordering international locations doing all they are able to to try to assist them, however [they] will no longer assist everyone whose pores and skin is darker.

‘I assume that’s a completely clean reflection of what it's far the world is managing – and this isn’t just in Ukraine, this happens in wars the world over, particularly in terms of migrant employees.’

Charlene White on Loose Women

Charlene White spoke eloquently at the racism on the Ukraine border on these days’s Loose Women (Picture: ITV)

She persevered: ‘The distinction I suppose this time, is that it’s a more youthful demographic who are used to posting on TikTok, on Twitter, on Facebook and they’re telling their tale.’


Her co-big name Janet then interjected, suggesting that Poland has ‘passed all expectancies’.


‘I listen what you’re announcing, and I completely understand it,’ she said.


‘On the information remaining night, they did display how a number of the students speaking about how badly they have been treated and the attempt it had taken for them to go the border.


‘But I also suppose that Poland has handed all expectations in accepting one hundred fifty,000 refugees.’



MEDYKA, POLAND - MARCH 01: Non-Ukrainian residents from India, African countries, Middle East are seen after crossing Ukrainian-Polish border due to the ongoing Russian assaults and warfare, in Medyka, Poland on March 1, 2022. Civilians flee Ukraine to safely reach neighboring nations which include Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova through land. Africans, most of whom are students, declare that they enjoy racism on the border due to their pores and skin shade. (Photo with the aid of Beata Zawrzel/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Many refugees from Africa, the Middle East, and India are college students at Ukrainian universities (Picture: AFP)

Some viewers took trouble with Charlene responding to the reviews of racial injustice and criticised her for ‘playing the race card’, regardless of the difficulty of racism being a part of the unfolding narrative.


Speaking out following the dialogue, she penned: ‘For the ones throwing the phrase, “playing the race card” at me today re @loosewomen… let me be VERY clear.


‘You feeling uncomfortable hearing someone speaking approximately race is not my subject, when the priority should be directed closer to the victims who are subjected to it.’


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Many applauded Charlene for bringing interest to the bills of racism on the Ukraine border, with one writing: ‘You stated what had to be stated. If humans can’t take care of it that’s their personal cup of tea! Thank you for highlighting what goes on.’


‘I simply don’t recognize why human beings select to blatantly deny what is in the front of their faces,’ every other delivered. ‘Well performed @CharleneWhite for bringing it to mainstream when the hundreds select to ignore… As ALWAYs.’


Keep doing what you’re doing, Charlene.


Loose Women airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV.


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