The TikTok #HolocaustChallenge Shows The Importance Of Teaching Kids Empathy

The trend features teens role-playing (often using special effects makeup) as Holocaust victims telling their stories to someone who just arrived in heaven. To portray a genocide that killed six million Jews and countless other marginalized groups of people as a skit is insulting to both Holocaust survivors and any descendants of survivors and victims. This challenge has shown how important it is to teach children and teens empathy.