Holocaust Memorial Day
Today's A to Z Challenge post brought to you by the letter... January 27 is Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year, the White House didn’t mention Jewish people. On Holocaust Remembrance Day. Jewish people. Holocaust Remembrance Day. Over eleven million people were killed in the Nazi genocide, including Romani, people who were disabled (mentally or physically), people we now call LGBTQ, and many others. But more than six million of those eleven million people were Jewish and not mentioning them as the primary targets or the anti-Semitism that gave rise to the genocide isn’t just insulting, it’s reprehensible. The White House said they wanted to be “inclusive,” (one report has them mentioning Jewish people before taking it out for some reason) but they aren’t being inclusive. They’re erasing everyone . The fact of the matter is, the chief adviser to the “president” has been accused of antisemitism. Under him, the website Breitbart became a haven for the alt-right...