Whoopi Goldberg has served as the moderator of ‘The View’ for over 10 years, but for the next two weeks she’ll be viewing the daytime talk show from the comfort of her home due to a suspension imposed by Kim Godwin, the president of ABC News.
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After taking to Twitter Monday night (January 31) to apologize for saying the Holocaust ‘was not about race’ (as we reported here), Goldberg reiterated her remorseful stance on Tuesday’s episode of ‘The View’ (February 1).
As seen above, the EGOT winner elaborated on the misunderstanding.
“So yesterday on our show, I misspoke,” Goldberg said at the beginning of Tuesday’s show. “And I tweeted about it last night but I kind of what you to hear it from me directly. I said something that I feel a responsibility for not leaving unexamined, because my words upset so many people, which was never my intention. And I understand why now and for that I am deeply, deeply grateful because the information I got was really helpful and helped me understand some different things. And while discussing how a Tennessee school board unanimously voted to remove a graphic novel about the Holocaust, I said that the Holocaust wasn’t about race and it was instead about man’s inhumanity to man. But it is indeed about race, because Hitler and the Nazis considered the Jews to be an inferior race. Now, words matter and mine are no exception. I regret my comments as I said and I stand corrected. I also stand with the Jewish people, as they know, and as you all know because I’ve always done that.”
The double apologies weren’t enough, apparently, as Godwin released a statement indicating the 66-year-old entertainment legend would be suspended immediately.
“Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments. While Whoopi has apologized, I’ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments,” said Goodwin in a statement. “The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities.”
As of time reported, Whoopi has not issued a statement about the suspension.
Yaaaaaaaaaas cancel that racist b******!
How’d she didn’t get sacked? Must be that black privledge
Always is. Just look at Nick Cannon.
What Black Privilege?
1) The wealthiest Men/Women in America are Non-Black. Wealth/Class distribution is widely associated with privilege. Guaranteed Whoopi is NOT even the highest paid woman on TV. But she’s privileged, lol
2) America has only had one Black 1st Lady.
3) The VAST majority of Disney characters are Non-Black. Keep in mind Disney has a GLOBAL IMPACT. Most children around the world definitely wouldn’t recognize any so called Black privilege dear.
4) Most viewed & followed on Tik-Tok are Non-Black.
5) African religions, languages & customs aren’t the STANDARD.
6) Black men are largely underrepresented within’ the business world, science & tech.
7) You are a DUMB b*tch.
@True He/She you’re basically saying that black people are poor as 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜 and don’t own anything. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Fancy BISH
Not at all. In fact I’m stating that even w/ success & wealth among Black people…
Blacks as a collective still do NOT benefit hence the grabs in the bucket.
Success & wealth also doesn’t ensure Black people will become over represented in every sector of society. If were actually true…you could definitely argue Black people are privileged since this doesn’t happen in all races.
Crabs*
Lol @ the BLACK SUPREMACY you are so afraid of 😒 give me a f****** break
True tea your comment dont make sense and by the was most african religion are based on devil wOrship you can turn it how you like but its the truth.
How doesn’t it make sense? If Black privilege was a real thing, it would be reflected in every sector of society. If Whoopi does has privilege…it isn’t because she’s black hun, It’s because of her class.
You guys made her so called privilege racial & that doesn’t make sense based on REALITY.
She was very disrespectful to Maya Angelou
How does the shoe feel on the other foot, you self-righteous b****!!!
Whoopi has you more pressed than Monica lol
How does it feel being dragged by synthetic hair w/ no edges?
How does it feel inheriting a single digit IQ?
How does it feel being a ugly a b*tch inside out?
How does it feel being a sister wife because you can’t compete w/ other women?
Just a sad and lonely f**🤧
But Holocaust wasn’t about race, it WAS about one set of white bastards killing another set of white bastards…. Jews are white, Germans are white…. I’m confused as to why people are mad at Whoopi…?
The entertainment is run by the very group she offended. Watch as they wield their power over all.
It was a horrible atrocity that cannot be spoken about. 🤫 So be it.
You are as ignorant as Whoopi. The Nazis did not consider Jews to be the same race as them. That is why they exterminated non-religious and secular Jews as well.
We know the evil Nazis didn’t see Jews as white BUT we also know other groups such as Italians weren’t always considered white either. So why weren’t they subjected to the same evils??
Many European Immigrants did NOT come to America as “white”, they actually became white here in America, if they agreed to become Americanized. This stuff is well documented.
It’s funny how the West ass sees the world only by skin color, your eyes only see black and white tones and sometimes brown. you know only Ashkenazi and Hasidic Jews while there are Mizrahi Jews, Ethiopian Jews, Yemen Jews, Iraqi, and so on…
When the Romans took over the land, most of the Jews had to flee, they kept their religion and culture and were treated as third-class citizens in any place they lived.
The origins of badges like the yellow star to identify Jews didn’t start in the Nazi era. Muslim rulers in the 8th C CE were the first to introduce badges to identify Jews within the Muslim population.
Examples:
The design and style of badges for Jews varied. Under Caliph Haroun al-Rashid (807 CE), Jews in Baghdad had to wear yellow belts or fringes. Under Caliph al-Mutawakkil, (847-61) Jews wore a patch in the shape of a donkey
Jews aren’t a race. But Hitler viewed them as a race and wanted to estinguish them. Which is why the Holocaust happened. So, yea, it was about race.
As Whoopi said, it was about one group’s hatred of another. As part of their agenda, Nazi Germany intentionally mischaracterized Jews as a different race, similar to blacks being put into a class of subhumans. The difference: one act was based on ethnicity, and the other was based on skin color. Only one was and still is about race.
Ethnicity and race are two different things. Jews are not of a different race; they share the same white skin as the people who persecuted them. What they are is a different ethnic group. As Whoopi explained on Colbert, Jews were identified and made to wear the Star of David based on their ethnicity, not skin color. Where is Whoopi wrong? White people want black women to bow down over words and details that whites deliberately misconstrue, while they show grace to the racist brutes among themselves.
Comments are being deleted depending on the day and mood I guess.
Everything you just mentioned was literally about RACE, you imbecile.
Imagine if a white person said slavery wasn’t about Race.. Do you still think they’d have a job? No.. Black privledge is a real thing. Sharon Osborne was sacked not long ago for comments about race
There is no evidence of Black Privilege & plenty of White artists have been involved in racial scandals yet they are still making money.
Ugh…STFU Shayla. Yet another persona. Only you get a hardön for so called “black privilege.” Why not use your main account?? You either too cowardly or scared
Comparing a few years to centuries nullifies your “argument”.
It’s funny how the West ass sees the world only by skin color, your eyes only see black and white tones and sometimes brown. you know only Ashkenazi and Hasidic Jews while there are Mizrahi Jews, Ethiopian Jews, Yemen Jews, Iraqi, and so on…
When the Romans took over the land, most of the Jews had to flee, they kept their religion and culture and were treated as third-class citizens in any place they lived.
The origins of badges like the yellow star to identify Jews didn’t start in the Nazi era. Muslim rulers in the 8th C CE were the first to introduce badges to identify Jews within the Muslim population.
Examples:
Under Caliph Haroun al-Rashid (807 CE), Jews in Baghdad had to wear yellow belts or fringes. Under Caliph al-Mutawakkil, (847-61) Jews wore a patch in the shape of a donkey
They paid a special tax called jizya.
During the Middle Ages, European kings and popes continued the practice of compelling Jews to wear distinguishable clothing or markings.
Examples:
In England, the badge took the form of the Tablets of the Law, (the Ten Commandments), considered to symbolize the Old Testament.
In French territories beginning in 1217, the authorities decreed that Jews wear “rota,” circles of red or yellow felt in the front and back of their clothing.
in Spain and Italian territories, the wearing of distinctive badges—usually in the form of a yellow circle—was enforced only sporadically.
In German-speaking Europe, a Judenhut (or “Jew’s Hat”), a cone-shaped pointed headdress often seen depicted in medieval literature, was required.
Antisemitism is at an all-time high around the world.
Jews are only 0.2% of the world population but are the number 1 target of all hate crimes in the US, UK, and other parts of the world.
She half assed apologized. She actually went on Stephen Colbert and repeated what she said. She’s old enough to know better. Hitler deemed them and inferior race, it was made into a race thing.
All Whoopi said was race was not at the root of it, and we know that’s true because they did not seek to eliminate all people with white skin. As Whoopi said, it was about one white group’s hatred of another white group who believed and worshipped differently.
From what I’ve gathered after reading just a bit on race, ethnicity and nationality, I’m seeing the pattern. I don’t think we should be made to claim race and ethnicity because it’s all based upon a dated ideology that WHITES are superior. As if that is something to aspire to be and fall in line underneath. Jewish, Asians and Mexicans have all claimed to be white people depending on when appropriate. Which leads me to think that race and ethnicity are social constructs that can become completely arbitrary depending on who you ask and where you are.
To cut the confusion I’m claiming nationality first from now on. I know my heritage and family bloodline, and that’s another discussion we can have. Know yours and use that when discussing history and injustices needing to be fixed. Raven Symone was on to something by the way.
People need to learn their heritage and claim their nationality and stop worrying so hard about social constructs like race and ethnicity cause that’s where we get into trouble. Yes it’s important, but I don’t like the basis of its development.
Humans shouldn’t be in a “race” against each other in the first place.
Hope she enjoys her vacation! It’s time to cancel that show anyway lol.
Cancel this racist old c u n t 💅🏾 Im
Burning my sister acts dvd right now. Now she can go making her “Racist Act” movie
Whoopi is the only person I’ve seen actually and truly apologize after this kind of ignorant statement so kudos to her!
I think they just wanted to cancel a black person for something about race. Really they should have told her race is defined as not just skin color. I also don’t know how you can Suspand someone on a show about opinion for an opinion.