Woke Twitter wonders: did Anne Frank have white privilege?
Did you spend any time on Twitter last weekend? If not, you missed a good one. Apparently Anne Frank had white privilege. Yes, that Anne Frank. The Jewish girl murdered by Nazis at the age of 15. TMZ reports that it’s “[u]nclear how this toxic discourse first started,” but the gist is that “Jews had the benefit of their skin color to go unnoticed in public, if only temporarily, during that bleak time in history,” while “POC, historically, haven't been able to do so.” Which, of course, explains why Anne Frank spent her days in Amsterdam strolling openly along the canals, playing Cupid for cancer-stricken teens and blasting Justin Bieber’s latest album through her earbuds. Oh wait. A few examples: @Ka1zoku_Qu0d: “yeah Anne Frank had white privilege.
