A Jewish Perspective on American Concentration Camps
Never Again is not just about us.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez received a backlash this week, for tweeting a link to an Esquire article about the Trump administration’s current system of concentration camps, and how it fits into a broader global history of concentration camps.
Critics of her comments were widespread and varied, from Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to the Jewish Communities Relations Council.
I am a Jewish American, and I will say this clearly: The United States government is currently imprisoning adults, children, and babies in concentration camps. These human rights violations need to end.
The term “concentration camp” refers to a camp in which people are detained or confined, usually under harsh conditions and without regard to legal norms of arrest and imprisonment.— The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
AOC did not claim everything that happened in Nazi-run concentration camps is happening today in the US. She did not say death camps or extermination camps. She’s right that the US is currently running concentration camps, and it’s not the first…
