The actor, who is also co-host of the talk show, pointed out several times during the episode that “the Holocaust is not about race, but about human inhumanity towards humans”.
A few hours after the program was broadcast, the internet began to respond.
No @WhoopiGoldberg, the #Holocaust was about the Nazi’s systematic annihilation of the Jewish people – who they deemed to be an inferior race. They dehumanized them and used this racist propaganda to justify slaughtering 6 million Jews. Holocaust distortion is dangerous. #ENOUGH https://t.co/koS1kuspqV
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) January 31, 2022
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Among other things, a statement from the CEO of the “Anti-Defamation League”, a voluntary organization that fights anti-Semitism, has led to Goldberg posting an apology on his own social media.
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“As Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti-Defamation League shared,” the Holocaust was about the Nazis’ systematic extermination of the Jewish people – which they considered an inferior race. ” You were right, I was wrong, Goldberg wrote in a photo shared on Instagram’s story function ».
Furthermore, she writes that the Jewish people around the world have always had her full support, and that this will never change.
“I apologize for the pain I caused,” the actor concludes, signed with the deepest apology.
Several responded
Goldberg’s comments arose during a discussion about how a school board in Tennessee banned the novel Maus, which deals with the Holocaust.
Goldberg first said that the Holocaust was that “white people do it against white people – you go and fight against each other”. Later in the segment, she added: “If you are going to do this, let’s be honest – the Holocaust is not about race.”
And it was not just Jonathan Greenblatt who reacted to Goldberg’s comments. The actor’s name and statements are now trending on Twitter.
The account StopAntisemitism.org posted this post:
“6 million of us were gassed, starved and massacred because we were considered an inferior race by the Nazis. How dare you minimize our trauma and suffering! ».
Responds that she does not lose her job
Journalist and TV personality Piers Morgan also takes to Twitter, where he insinuates that Whoopi Goldberg should lose his job after the statement.
Sharon Osbourne was fired from The Talk for defending me against a fake charge of racism.
Whoopi Goldberg said on The View yesterday that the Holocaust ‘wasn’t about race’, which for Jewish people is about as racist a comment as anyone could make.
Bet she doesn’t lose her job.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 1, 2022
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“Sharon Osbourne was fired from The Talk for defending me after a false accusation of racism. Whoopi Goldberg said on The View yesterday that the Holocaust was not about race, which for the Jewish people is as racist as anything else “, Morgan writes before concluding with:
“But she does not lose her job.”
Thanks for the correction
After Goldberg published her public apology, Greenblatt took to Twitter to thank her for lying flat.
“Thank you very much, Whoppi Goldberg, for correcting your previous statement and acknowledging the Holocaust for what it was. “As anti-Semitism rises to historic levels, I hope we can work together to combat ignorance of the heinous crime and hatred that threatens everyone,” Greenbatt tweeted.
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