After many decades of teaching and speaking about the Armenian Genocide, I was invited in March 2016 to give a series of presentations in Armenia. I spoke about the Genocide, the Holocaust, and about American racism, sexism, and homophobia at seven universities and in various public venues in Yerevan and Gyumri. One of my objectives was to link the Armenian tragedy to a broader historical and global context, not to diminish the tragedy of the millions of Armenians who lost relatives, but rather to highlight the deeper pattern of oppression that will, among other things, advance the long overdue international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. I found my audiences extremely receptive to this perspective and appreciative of my passionate opposition to all forms of racism and historical falsehoods, including the continuing Turkish denial about the first genocide of the twentieth century.
In many of my presentations, I used visual...
