When MSNBC’s Touré credits the “power of whiteness” for those who survived the Holocaust, chances are it won’t be long before Media Matters research fellow Oliver Willis chimes in in agreement. What if not white privilege can explain how some escaped the concentration camps and made new lives for themselves in the United States?

i guess there are some out there who dont like to think that a holocaust survivor had a leg up over a black/brown person due to skin color — Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 24, 2014

@owillis Further proof that if u are white. No matter what u overcame. All Ur accomplishments r striped away & you're reduced to Ur color. — EducatédHillbilly (@RobProvince) May 24, 2014

@RobProvince yes, when's a white guy gonna finally get a fair shot in america??? lol. — Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 24, 2014

@owillis Ya. That's not really a good point to make in this particular example. — EducatédHillbilly (@RobProvince) May 24, 2014

Not at all.

@RobProvince except even w horror of holocaust, was often easier once they came here than being black — Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 24, 2014

@owillis You are certainly free to make that argument. Personally I think what he said was offensive. IMHO. — EducatédHillbilly (@RobProvince) May 24, 2014

It’s not just your opinion.

.@owillis Yes please enlighten us to how much harder a black man in America had it compared to Jews in Poland at the same time.. Please — S.M (@redsteeze) May 24, 2014

@owillis do you know what holocaust survivors didn't do? Bitch and moan about their lot in life and who had more privilege than whom. — Cräig Greiner (@Newton_Arsenal) May 24, 2014

Well, upon arrival in the US, they were instantly accepted as white people and the cash and opportunities rolled in. @redsteeze @owillis — Wyatt's Torch (@TorchOWyatt) May 24, 2014

@owillis Yes, I know after they were liberated from their camps, they took great comfort in their glorious whiteness. — ConservativeALLEYCAT (@alleygirl2409) May 24, 2014

Ya see, there was no anti semitism in the US. Impoverished Jews have always been welcomed and accepted as white. @redsteeze @owillis — Wyatt's Torch (@TorchOWyatt) May 24, 2014

@redsteeze @owillis I'm so sick of this outright racism against whites. And as a French Jew, this antisemitism has me pretty pissed as well. — Julie Piskula (@JulieLvsPACKERS) May 24, 2014

.@owillis Yes those Jews, always using their time spent in a concentration camp against the black man., — S.M (@redsteeze) May 24, 2014

I hope @owillis and @toure don't grow competitive about reaching the vanguard of scholarship in holocaust diminishment. — Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) May 24, 2014

@owillis I'm a brown, gay person & many of my non-gay white friends are not as well off as I, no chips on any shoulders #GrowUp @RobProvince — Ruben D. Sanchez Jr (@rdsanchezjr) May 24, 2014

@owillis did that just come out of your mouth? WTF is wrong with you, besides too many cheeseburgers? — Dave in Texas (@DaveinTexas) May 24, 2014

@owillis something tells you that you've never studied the history of the Jewish people…which doesn't surprise me at all. — Derek Ciapala (@dciapala) May 24, 2014

@redsteeze @owillis is only supporting @toure on principle. No way he thinks that. It's not like Jews left Auschwitz to an accepting public. — Macranthunter (@ThePeoplesBacon) May 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/CrankyGordon/status/470287268708904961

@owillis What the ever-loving fuck is wrong with you?! You're a racist asshole, just like @toure!!! — Zanshi 惨死 (@zanshi1) May 24, 2014

@owillis have you ever read a history book, or watched any historical documentaries! A leg up? There was nothing to get your leg on — Jan Kennard (@jankennard) May 24, 2014

@owillis are you fucking crazy? — Tony Katz (@tonykatz) May 24, 2014

@owillis what kind of psychopath discounts holocaust survivors in the name of racial justice? — Tony Katz (@tonykatz) May 24, 2014

@owillis Please explain how being a Holocaust survivor is an advantage. — Razor (@hale_razor) May 24, 2014

@owillis nice to see you clinging to the coattails of @Toure dipshittery. Guess surviving genocide isn't enough for you, is it? — El WarOnWar Diablo (@jaycutlersux) May 24, 2014

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