it’s watching videos of your family getting murdered because “it’s educational” but no one understands, that man has my ears, that woman has my eyes, that man has my cheekbones, when will you understand that my family, my pain, are not just for your education

it’s having kids in class compare every minor inconvenience to Hitler or the Holocaust and laugh when you object (did your family laugh when mine was just a minor inconvenience in a final solution?)

it’s being forced to stare at pictures of bodies and bodies and bodies and it’s okay that you can’t even count how many there are because they weren’t considered people and because that was a long time ago (do you know how long 74 years is? i do. my grandparents do.)

it’s having swastikas drawn on your locker but it’s okay because “did you know that wasn’t originally a nazi thing?” (did you know how much of my family died because of a nazi thing?)

it’s being scared to set foot outside your house with your necklace or kippah

it’s being called “rich” but no one understands why that’s not a compliment to you

it’s hurting

it’s hurting

it’s hurting