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Reliving My Mother's Nightmare as a Holocaust Survivor in Trump's America
From the article:
As a part of Holocaust Remembrance Day, on which we remember the systematic extermination of six million Jews and millions more who were killed because of who they were, PoliticusUSA’s Adalia Woodbury talks about living in Trump’s America as the direct descendant of a Holocaust survivor....
A while ago, I was advised to put more of myself into my writing. It went against my training, but the biggest reason is because it hurts too much.
For the past 3 years I’ve felt as if I’m relieving my mother’s nightmare – but at a different stage in life and in a different part of the world. This was supposed to be part of the world that valued and accepted everyone; that recognized knowledge as a virtue....
The worst thing is that Trump made all of us the walking wounded for the rest of our lives. Sure, there are some freaks of nature out there salivating as Trump calls human beings scum, dogs, animals, and other equally dehumanizing labels. But we’re all walking wounded. Some of us just don’t know it. Others know it too well.
I know about the walking wounded, because that was my mother. She was a brilliant scientist who was nominated for the Nobel Prize. It was one of those times when yeah, it’s a big deal just to be nominated. That’s because my mother was an immigrant, a Holocaust survivor and a woman. In those days, on this side of the Atlantic – who you were still determined what you could accomplish in life. Unless you were born here, were white and Christian, you had to be truly extraordinary to be considered adequate.
A while ago, I was advised to put more of myself into my writing. It went against my training, but the biggest reason is because it hurts too much.
For the past 3 years I’ve felt as if I’m relieving my mother’s nightmare – but at a different stage in life and in a different part of the world. This was supposed to be part of the world that valued and accepted everyone; that recognized knowledge as a virtue....
The worst thing is that Trump made all of us the walking wounded for the rest of our lives. Sure, there are some freaks of nature out there salivating as Trump calls human beings scum, dogs, animals, and other equally dehumanizing labels. But we’re all walking wounded. Some of us just don’t know it. Others know it too well.
I know about the walking wounded, because that was my mother. She was a brilliant scientist who was nominated for the Nobel Prize. It was one of those times when yeah, it’s a big deal just to be nominated. That’s because my mother was an immigrant, a Holocaust survivor and a woman. In those days, on this side of the Atlantic – who you were still determined what you could accomplish in life. Unless you were born here, were white and Christian, you had to be truly extraordinary to be considered adequate.
To read more:
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/02/reliving-my-mothers-nightmare-as-a-holocaust-survivor-in-trumps-america.html
We all know that the number of hate crimes has risen dramatically under Trump's misrule. We can see that haters from every group feel emboldened to openly hate.
In my area, the Illinois 3rd Congressional District, a District which encompasses part of Chicago and neighboring suburbs,
an open and admitted Nazi received over 56,000 votes in the 2018 Congressional race.
Think about that. An open Nazi received over 56,000 votes from GOP voters.
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to you,,,stay strong
