Like, let's not let optimism downplay the consequences of fuckups. They said that abt the recession too but guess what ppl actually died
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I don't see it as optimism; more like whistling past the graveyard and trying desperately not to fall into despair.
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I point out to my students that all Holocaust narratives are survivor stories. We don't have accounts from people who didn't.
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And no, not Anne Frank. Her Holocaust story starts after the diary ends. That's why people are comfortable reading her.
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They can read a pretty classic coming-of-age story & then feel virtuous for having read about the Holocaust when they didn't.
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Privilege is being able to convince yourself that you grasp horror while still being blind to the people in serious danger.
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Feeling virtuous is a direct product of feeling safe; it is also a serious impediment to acting to protect those who aren't.
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