On Monday, Steven Spielberg warned that 'those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it' while accepting USC's Medallion award.
warned that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” during an award ceremony recognizing of 30 years of the University of Southern California’s Shoah Foundation, which was founded by the director.
“We see every day how the machinery of extremism has been used on college campuses, where fully 50 percent of students say they have experienced some discrimination because they are Jewish. This is also happening alongside anti-Muslim, Arab and Sikh discrimination,” Spielberg continued. “The foundation of fascism has been dusted off and is being widely distributed today. I’m increasingly alarmed that we may be condemned to repeat history to once again to fight for the very right to be Jewish.
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