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[quote=Anonymous][b]What many Americans don’t seem to understand in the same way as those of us who grew up in Europe in the 50s, 60s or 70s do is that Nazi atrocities were broad and long lasting throughout Europe in addition to the horrific death camps and the devastating toll on the Jewish population.[/b]

I'm not this PP, but I want to pull this out because it reflects my first reaction to the letter from the Blair principal. The choice to describe what happened as "an antisemitic salute" rather than "a Nazi salute" is an interesting one because it explicitly prioritizes Jewish suffering over other groups murdered by the Third Reich. If anyone has cause to be upset about the wording or the MCPS response, it's representatives of Roma/Sinti groups, the LGBTQ+ community, persons with disabilities, and people of Polish descent.

As a queer Polish person, though, I'm not upset. I understand that in a North American context, Jewish suffering in WWII is far better understood than the suffering of any other group.

But it does grate a little to log on and see folks claiming to represent the Jewish community complaining about the MCPS response when they were actually the only group mentioned, and the only group whose representative organizations were linked. [/quote]

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