I love helping people make sense of the world and that’s what I try to do with my YouTube Channel, Terrell J Starr Official.
Many of you are drawn to my work, not because of my reporting, per se, but because you’re thinking, “What drew this Black dude from Detroit to this white country?” It’s an honest question and I love answering it. Covering Ukraine is a conduit for me to discuss how interconnected our world is. What happens in Ukraine, impacts how the rest of the world reacts to African refugees fleeing to Europe in a time of war, exposes the differences in how the Western world reacts to war in the global south versus Ukraine and how Ukrainians do not neatly fit into constructs of whiteness in ways we assume they do.
Journalism is a tool for me to introduce you to different peoples in the world, convince you to care about their humanity and challenge you to wrestle with your stereotypes about people you think you understand. For me, storytelling is diplomacy because I’m really good at helping opposing sides see the best in each other and also helping them to grow through their ignorance in constructive ways.
Mostly, I love being able to use my style of journalism to bring different types of people to one space where we can all watch each other's experiences on our laptops and cellphones and learn to better understand each other.
If you’re ready to join me on the journey of how we can be better humans to one another, go over to Terrell J Starr Official on YouTube and subscribe AND become a paid Patreon for just $5.99 per month.
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Terrell Jermaine Starr is an independent American journalist based out of Kyiv, Ukraine and Brooklyn, NY. Conversant in Russian, Ukrainian, and Georgian, Terrell is an expert in Eastern European geopolitics and U.S. foreign affairs. He is especially versed at discussing the intersection or foreign policy and race.
Black Diplomats host Terrell Jermaine Starr is an independent American journalist based out of Kyiv, Ukraine and Brooklyn, NY. He is a former Fulbright grantee and a former nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center. Conversant in Russian, Ukrainian, and Georgian, Terrell is an expert in Eastern European geopolitics and U.S. foreign affairs.
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