In today’s society, no matter what society you are a part of, there are always groups or minorities that don’t fit in with the rest of the population. These groups are referred to as “the other” and can have negative connotations. Personally there is one group that is considered “the other” that I don’t particularly agree with and that has no connection to me whatsoever. This group would be the Nazis. We all know that Nazis were the group of a World War 2 Germany who followed the dictator Adolf Hitler and thrived for genocide of Jewish Europeans. It took six years and the massacre of over 6 million Jews for the world to realize how to put a stop to it. And although Germany received harsh punishment back in 1945 and struggled with a new government for so many years, they are now working their way to a better Germany. Last year Germany celebrated the 20th birthday of the “Republic of Germany.” And although times have changed and relationships have been mended, there is still animosity towards Germans.
We constantly make fun and call people “Nazis” as an insult when really we need to be worried about the Nazis in the states. Nazis still exist all over the world, but the United States is probably more famous for them, second to Germany. The idea of the original Nazis was to promote an Aryan Nation of blonde haired, blue eyed children. Hitler was all about “survival of the fittest” and he wanted a new Germany to represent this. In the United States the meaning of Nazi is the idea of white supremacy very similar to the Ku Klux Klan. I feel such a great opposition to these groups of people because I hate the message of hatred that they are spreading. Children grow up in these cult-like atmospheres and are exposed to a lot of violence and hatred. Every time we progress in America, it’s this “other” that brings us 2 steps back after we take 1 step forward into the future.
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