And you are lynching Negroes

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"And you are lynching Negroes" (Russian: "А у вас негров линчуют") is a catchphrase that describes or satirizes the political rhetoric of the Soviet Union towards the United States in any instance of bilateral discourse in which the latter reproached the former's human rights violations. The remark also highlights a trend among Soviet media to frequently cover stumbling blocks in American internal affairs, such as financial crises and unemployment or racial discrimination and civil unrest, which were all presented as inherent failings of the capitalist system that had supposedly been erased by state communism. Lynchings of African Americans were brought up as a "skeleton in the closet" for the United States—one that served as ammunition for Soviet propaganda in deflecting criticism of stumbling blocks in Soviet internal affairs. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the phrase has become widespread as a retrospective reference that reveals the ongoing like-minded tactics of...

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