And you are lynching Negroes

"And you are lynching Negroes" (А у вас негров линчуют, translit. A u vas negrov linchuyut; "but at your place Negroes are being lynched") is an anecdotal counter-argument phrase, which fully represents the tu quoque arguments used by the Soviet Union in response to allegations that it had violated human rights. The phrase refers to racial discrimination and lynching in the United States.

Origin
The use of the phrase as a reference to demagoguery and hypocrisy is traced to a Russian political joke, about a dispute between an American and a Soviet man. There were numerous versions of the quip. In a 1962 version, an American and a Soviet car salesman argue which country makes better cars. Finally, the American asks: "How many decades does it take an average Soviet man to earn enough money to buy a Soviet car?" After a thoughtful pause, the Soviet replies: "And you are lynching Negroes!"

The Soviet media frequently covered stories of racial discrimination in the west, as well as reporting on the impacts of unemployment and financial crises, which were seen as inherent problems of the capitalist system. The US' long history of lynching parties and racial tension was seen as a skeleton in the closet for the country, which was exploited by the Soviet Union to point out hypocrisy when being reproached with alleged human rights violations, primarily during the Stalinist period, but also afterwards.

Variants
Similar phrases are used in the languages of Eastern Europe, in different variants.
 * A u was Murzynów biją! (Literally, "And at your place, they beat up Negroes!")
 * A vy zase bijete černochy! (Literally, "And you beat up blacks, on the contrary!")
 * Amerikában (pedig) verik a négereket (Literally, "And in America, they beat up negroes")