If found guilty, Sheeran's case will further prove that White teenagers should learn about racism in school. If you are old enough to commit a hate crime, you are indeed old enough to learn about racism. In Germany, teenagers learn about the Holocaust, and anti-semitic symbols and verbiage are vehemently discouraged amongst the public. Rebecca Kaßner, a German woman, described her experience as a teenager visiting Auschwitz, a former concentration camp turned museum. "For me, it was the first time that I really understood the full monstrosity of the Holocaust, not only intellectually but also emotionally — and made the connection to my own family." Yet, American White children are deprived of an opportunity to visit former plantations or learn ab…
Dr. Allison Wiltz