Key Peninsula News | December 30, 2021 | By Grace Nesbit
At the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle there is a student leadership board for students from all over Washington who learn about the Holocaust and related issues, such as genocide, antisemitism and prejudice. I am proud to say that this is my second year on the board.
What I have learned there suggests our society is moving backward.
One of the common themes in Holocaust education is preventing mass genocide from happening again. However, all around the world genocides have recently occurred or are occurring: Xinjiang, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Syria, Myanmar and in many other places.
How many of those have you heard of? Maybe one or two?
We in America have tunnel vision, which filters out every problem that doesn’t affect us.