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What do you expect when you read stuff like this?
https://www.voanews.com/a/usa_survey-finds-lack-holocaust-knowledge-among-american-young-adults/6195962.html
It blows younger people's minds, when I mention my grandmother spent time in a concentration camp.
Why aren't they learning about it in school like I did?
Republicans.
I'd like to see a more gradual break down of who doesn't know what. That range is uselessly large. I'd also like to know how the timelines match up with the rise in standardized testing.
edit: Found the study. At least I think I did. I didn't even see a mention of Gen Z. Just comparing Millennials and All Adults.
Imo Holocaust denial really seemed to ramp up as most Millennials were growing up.
Not im not too sure what all Gen Z thinks of it, but I definitely remember a lot of articles and write ups in the early 2000s about how parents were teaching kids innacurate facts or even that it just didn't happen.
It's easy to blame young adults for being ignorant, but here's another question: Who was in charge of schooling us when we were children and teens who should have been taught historical events like this in a dedicated environment for learning? Who defunded public schools to the point where teachers have to buy their own school supplies and schools literally have to force students to guilt trip strangers into buying chocolate bars to fundraise? Who thought extracurricular programs like history clubs were wastes of money and the children not only didn't deserve them, but that we're the entitled selfish generation for wanting them?
Now more and more young adults are self-learning things like this on our own time by taking online courses, but according to the boomers that's apparently also a sign of our failure.