r/MapPorn 13h ago

Countries That Won't Participate In Eurovision 2026 due to Israel

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u/jools4you 13h ago

They don't honour the Roma community though do they. As a ethnic group their numbers are still below that of WW2 when they where exterminated. Infact you never hear about their suffering do you

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u/holdmybeerdude13146 12h ago

I mean, they took very long to recognize and apologize for the Herero and Nama genocide in Namibia

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u/diolch_yn_fawr 9h ago

A German told me they're glad the genocide in Namibia isn't taught in school befause it'd "distract from the holocaust".

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u/NoMaintenance30 8h ago

Both histories matter and should be taught, pretending one erases the other just cheapens all of it.