[ZERO] It might be the most prominent cultural theme of 2025 - Progressive Black Americans with a victim complex relocating overseas. They think they're escaping oppression only to discover that most of the world has zero tolerance for them and that the US is a far better place than they initially thought. Francine Villa left the US for Russia in 2020, declaring America "discriminatory" and asserting that she feels much safer in her new home. In a 2020 documentary called "Black in the USSR" produced by Russia Today, Villa criticized the racial evils of America and praised Russia as a "safe place for her to walk the streets".
The expat is not a stranger to the East; her great-grandfather moved from Virginia to work as an agriculturist in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, and her family has lived in Russia ever since. She was born there, but at a young age, her mother moved her to the United States.
Five years after moving back, Villa is ready to leave. She took to Instagram this week, bloody and battered and calling for help after an argument with her Russian neighbors ended in a beating. Villa claims her young child who was present was also injured during the altercation.
Her post is interlaced with clips of the incident, though, she has suspiciously avoided posting the entire unedited video.