Comparing the Holocaust to Slavery is a Waste of Time.

Recently my friend, who happens to be Jewish, was in an arguement with an black-american girl. It was an interesting discussion to say the least until she made the fatal mistake of comparing the plight of slaves in America to the holocaust of the Jews.

As we all know, comparing the holocause to slavery is like comparing murder to genocide. While slavery killed hundred of thousand of africans, the holocause caused the destruction of 6 million Jew, with 1.5 million of those being children. Now the arguement can be used that slave children were seperated from their parents, but 1.5 million children being killed in violent ways, to me seems much worse than being seperated from your family.

There is no deny the atrocities of both the holocaust and slavery. Stories abound of the brutal treatment of slaves who succumbed to starvation or died after merciless beatings for hours on end. Yet when we think of the holocaust, we think of death chambers with gas pouring out to kill the unsuspecting Jews. But what is left out are the beating deaths of children at the hands of SS troops, or the deaths of children who were swung against brick walls because they wouldn't stop crying for their parents. And all this at the orders of Hitler. These individuals never once stopped to think that maybe, just maybe they had an obligation to the universe, and obligation that is far greater than their duty to Hitler. The same can be said for the slave owners.

Where does all this hatred and slavery come from, what has sparked this? Humanity is a major contributor but the one overlooked pieces of literature, religious texts. The Jews are hated for the zionist propoganda for the deemed "higher" race, the Jews. America fell back on the Bible to support their claims that they were "higher" than their slaves. All this from religious texts. Muslims rely on the Qu'ran for their hatred of the Jews. Everywhere we turn we find hatred and slavery being commited in the name of the Father.

No one can deny that slavery was an awful societal invention that has continued to exist to this day. And you can't deny the continual hatred of the Jews by different groups. But comparing these two blemishes on society to one another is wrong. When will people stop buying into the propaganda spewed out by both sides? Until we stop, we continue to play with the holocaust and slavery and we must stop comparing these two acts. They both should be looked at and learned from but never compared to one another because they are totally different from the other. But we must remember to learn from them are we will repeat it once again.

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