Anne Frank as a Pansexual Latina Immigrant: Holocaust Hip-hop Musical Causes a Stir in N.Y.C.

'Slam Frank,' which debuts next month Off-Broadway, is already causing a storm for its portrayal of the author of the famous Holocaust diary. But it's more than just a jab at the woke

Talia Banon Tsur

The question "Did Anne Frank ever acknowledge her white privilege?" first went viral on X (then still called Twitter) in 2022. Though the post has since been deleted, it sparked a wave of reactions — from thousands of replies to earnest op-eds in Jewish newspapers around the world, all arguing that Anne Frank was not, in fact, privileged.

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