Hello! Thanks for the AMA! I too have been interested in the Holocaust from a young age, reading waaay too many harrowing books in high school :). My question, and I hope I don't offend anyone by it as it might be touchy. I have observed that there seems to be a skewed media presence where certain atrocities are "acceptable" for movies and television to touch on. I've noticed that in regards to Hollywood, there are many more movies that deal solely with the horrors of the Holocaust than have the horrors of African slavery, or genocide in other countries, or the genocide of the Native American Indians. I guess what I'm wondering is, do you think that because Jewish people are largely considered "white" now, there is more media representation of the terrible things white supremacy has done to them than to other minority groups?
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Hello! Thanks for the AMA! I too have been interested in the Holocaust from a young age, reading waaay too many harrowing books in high school :). My question, and I hope I don't offend anyone by it as it might be touchy. I have observed that there seems to be a skewed media presence where certain atrocities are "acceptable" for movies and television to touch on. I've noticed that in regards to Hollywood, there are many more movies that deal solely with the horrors of the Holocaust than have the horrors of African slavery, or genocide in other countries, or the genocide of the Native American Indians. I guess what I'm wondering is, do you think that because Jewish people are largely considered "white" now, there is more media representation of the terrible things white supremacy has done to them than to other minority groups?
God, I hope that makes sense.
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