Holocaust Remembrance Day
Jan. 27th, 2022 05:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabby A school district in Tennessee commemorated the deaths of 6 million Jews (and maybe around 17 million total victims of the Nazi regime), by banning Maus, the Pulitzer-prize winning graphic novel that tells the story of Art Spiegelman's parents, who survived Auschwitz.
(If you haven't read it, go do so. It's one of the most brilliant books I've ever read.)
The pearl-clutching antisemites on the school board were, ostensibly, concerned about cartoon mice being naked in it and swear words, including "God damn." But. We all know the reason, right?
This is part of a broader movement in American schools to teach a version of history in which racism never happened, queer people never existed, and America has always been number one in things other than mass incarceration. That they did this the day before Holocaust Remembrance Day adds insult to outrage.
(If you haven't read it, go do so. It's one of the most brilliant books I've ever read.)
The pearl-clutching antisemites on the school board were, ostensibly, concerned about cartoon mice being naked in it and swear words, including "God damn." But. We all know the reason, right?
This is part of a broader movement in American schools to teach a version of history in which racism never happened, queer people never existed, and America has always been number one in things other than mass incarceration. That they did this the day before Holocaust Remembrance Day adds insult to outrage.
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Date: 2022-01-27 11:42 pm (UTC)