The Sassy Teacher Writes

Why I thought it was important to talk about history’s worst genocide, is for you to understand how one particular community was demonized under a fascist regime, an environment of hostility and indifference was created towards them. Around six million Jewish people in Europe were killed during the Holocaust, yet a survey found that 11% of Americans and 22% of Millennials, hadn't even heard of the Holocaust or weren't sure they had. The survey's respondents also indicated anti-Semitism and neo-Nazi remain issues today, with more than half saying they believe there are many neo-Nazis in the USA. It is important for you to know about it so you are able to spot the signs early on, the next time you see history repeat itself and this time since we’re so ‘woke’, I’m hoping we won’t just be passive by standers. What is Anti – Semitism & its Origins: Anti-Semitism is the belief or behavior hostile toward Jews just because they ar...

‘Social stigma  is the disapproval of, or   discrimination   against, a person based on apprehensible social characteristics the purpose of which is to distinguish them from other members of a society. Social stigmas are commonly related to  culture ,  gender ,  race , intelligence, sexual preference and health. ’ As Plato wrote in  The Laws , a dialogue on the ethics of government, ‘if anyone is caught committing sacrilege, if he be a slave or a stranger, let his offence be written on his face and his hands’. The word ‘Stigma’ finds its origins in a Greek word stig -, meaning to prick or to puncture, that means, a type of marking or a tattoo . Something that was cut or burned into the skin of criminals, slaves, or traitors in order to visibly identify them as morally polluted persons, in medieval times and even before. These individuals were to be avoided particularly in public places. Stigma may also be described as a label to ...