Letters to the Editor: If Germany can teach the Holocaust, American kids can learn about racism (via latimesopinion)
I am struck by the contrast between Germany’s approach to the Holocaust and the approach of many places in the U.S. to slavery.
In Germany, it is mandatory to teach schoolchildren about the Holocaust. Germans are honest about their past and recognize that the best way to ensure that it doesn’t happen again is to never forget.AdvertisementRichard Shafarman, Santa ClaritaRobin Abcarian’s column mentioning reparations and the teaching of racism is interesting. Nevertheless, can you ever let “bygones be bygones”?
What if everyone on this planet asked for a reparation? I should be paid for having lost my father in World War II, shouldn’t I? My mother received only a lousy war widow’s pension.So many Americans live in unreasoning fear of anyone, or anything, that is different. This groundless fear creates a stage upon which slavery can be whitewashed, gender differences can be dismissed and the rule of law can be trashed.
The key truth is that we must respect differences and, at the same time, learn and grow from what has transpired in our past and what is happening in the present.Rex Altman, Los Angeles
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