Whoopi Goldberg apologizes for saying Holocaust is not about race

Whoopi Goldberg speaks through the Broadway on the White Home occasion within the State Eating Room of the White Home in Washington, Monday, Nov. 16, 2015. Goldberg has apologized in a tweet Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, for saying the Holocaust was not about race. Her preliminary feedback Monday morning on ABC’s ‘’The View” triggered a backlash.

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Actress Whoopi Goldberg apologized after going through backlash for saying that Holocaust was not about race, per CBS Information.

A couple of hours after ABC’s “The View” program aired on Monday, Goldberg issued an apology on Twitter.

• “On right now’s present, I mentioned the Holocaust ‘will not be about race, however about man’s inhumanity to man.’ I ought to have mentioned it's about each. As Jonathan Greenblatt from the Anti-Defamation League shared, ‘The Holocaust was in regards to the Nazi’s systematic annihilation of the Jewish folks — who they deemed to be an inferior race.’ I stand corrected,” Goldberg mentioned.
• “The Jewish folks world wide have all the time had my help and that may by no means waiver. I’m sorry for the damage I've triggered. Written with my sincerest apologies, Whoopi Goldberg,” she mentioned.

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— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) February 1, 2022

What occurred on the present?

On ABC’s “The View” program, the hosts had been discussing a Tennessee college board’s banning of “Maus,” a graphic novel in regards to the Nazi demise camps throughout World Warfare II.

• The board cited nudity and profanity as causes for banning the e book, which has received a Pulitzer Prize, amongst different literary awards.

Goldberg mentioned, “I’m shocked that’s what made you uncomfortable, the truth that there was some nudity. I imply, it’s in regards to the Holocaust, the killing of 6 million folks, however that didn’t hassle you? For those who’re going to do that, then let’s be truthful about it. As a result of the Holocaust isn’t about race. No, it’s not about race,” per CNN.

• When co-host Pleasure Behar mentioned that the Nazi Jews had been a special race, Goldberg replied, “However it’s not about race. It’s not. It’s about man’s inhumanity to different males.”

Co-host Ana Navarro pushed again and mentioned that it’s about white supremacy the place Jews, gypsies and Roma had been focused.

• Goldberg responded by saying, “however these are two white teams of individuals.”
• “The minute you flip it into race, it goes down this alley. Let’s speak about it for what it's. It’s how folks deal with one another. It’s an issue,” she mentioned.