Kids in 2 Boston schools play new game: Round up the Jews!
BEDFORD, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) – Police are investigating anti-Semitic graffiti found at two schools in Bedford.
Graffiti of swastikas was found in the bathroom stalls at Bedford High School months ago, and more recently, a hateful phrase was found at an elementary school on gym equipment.
Police were immediately alerted and began an investigation, but they were not able to find who was responsible for the graffiti.
But in just the past two weeks, more concerns were raised when a parent told the superintendent that kids at her child's elementary school were making anti-Semitic comments to Jewish students and playing games where Jewish students were "jailed" by Christians.
"That really was disturbing because even though the kids might not understand what they're saying it means that somewhere they're picking up or misinterpreting, but in some cases hearing some really negative perspectives," Superintendent Jon Sills said.
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Superintendent Sills is correct. They are picking this up somewhere, even if they don't understand the ramifications.
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He does sound as if he going about this the correct way, which is refreshing.
It is hard to balance the desires of your child with situations like this. I can understand because I was mortified when my mom went after one of my teachers. It spread quickly through the school. She made him and the principal cry. She's a tough woman; don't fuck with her kids.
I didn't really encounter Holocaust denial until I was in college. I had hear about it before, but I can't recall any personal incidents. I dealt with plenty of anti-Semitism in school, but the Holocaust denial came later and was a shock. To me, it was akin to denying slavery had ever occurred in the US. The first time I could respond to a denier (the first few times I was so, we'll use one of your words, gobsmacked) I asked what happened to the 6 million Jews (I didn't ask about the 6 million others at that point). His response? Are you ready? You sure?
The census taken at the time was done by Jews, who are big into accounting, so they fudged the numbers.
That of course is a paraphrase, as I don't remember the exact wording from 20 plus years ago (When did I get old?!). After collecting myself, I asked about the other 6 million to which he said were "nothing more than casualties of war." I think I left several IQ points there after talking to him. I couldn't continue with that level of stupidity.
