Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on July 7, 2020

Published: 7/7/2020 5:33:01 PM

The New Hampshire House recently passed HB 1135 which contained other bills, including an amendment that called for requiring all school districts in the state to teach about the Holocaust and other genocides.

Two people spoke in opposition, both citing the bill might constitute an unfunded mandate, especially as part of the bill called for the creation of a special commission to study best practices in formulating curricular for schools. One mentioned that the bill is redundant in that many, if not most schools, already teach about the Holocaust.

Among those who testified in favor were the NH Council of Churches, the Jewish Federation of NH, the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and a Holocaust survivor all legislated to be on the special commission along with seven other members of the state government and New Hampshire schools.

Concerning the commission, there is no representative from the Black community such as the NAACP or Black Lives Matter. Millions of African-Americans died either during the passage from Africa or during enslavement. Moreover, no person of Indigenous origin was named to sit on the commission. Millions of Native people died beginning with Columbus four voyages to the Americas.

Such omissions of those communities of color who have been victimized in both history/herstory and in the present-day United States is absolutely shameful.

William Thomas

Auburn

Excerpt from:
Letter: Teaching genocide, but where is the representation? - Concord Monitor

Category: Anti-Defamation League
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