The word 'holocaust' has its root in ancient Greek and means "burnt offering"..
These days most people associate holocaust to what the Nazis did to Jews in Germany in the 1940s.

BUT, the mighty warrior, Ida B. Wells, was using the word holocaust to describe the lynchings of AfricanAmericans in the South as early as 1909, well before what happened in Germany.

In a 1909 speech before the National Negro Conference, Wells declared: "No other nation, civilized or savage, burns its criminals; only under the Stars and Stripes is the human holocaust possible."
[Ida B. Wells, 1909]

Lawwwd...Today, if any Black person dares use the term holocaust to describe the wickedness Black Americans went through, he'd be termed an antisemite and made to apologize to the Jewish community.

In other words, when you have real power you can own language and dictate how it's used; by whom it is used; and for who it is used. Amazing.
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