ABC suspends ‘The View’ host Whoopi Goldberg for saying Holocaust ‘not about race’

ABC Information suspended “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg for 2 weeks after she mentioned the Holocaust was not about race, the community mentioned Tuesday.

In a press release, Kim Godwin, president of ABC Information, referred to as Goldberg’s feedback “incorrect and hurtful.”

“Whereas Whoopi has apologized, I’ve requested her to take time to replicate and study concerning the influence of her feedback,” Godwin mentioned. “Your entire ABC Information group stand in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, buddies, household and communities.”

Goldberg made the feedback Monday morning whereas the panel was discussing a Tennessee college board’s banning of “Maus,” a graphic novel concerning the Nazi loss of life camps.

“It’s concerning the Holocaust, the killing of six million individuals, however that didn’t hassle you?” she mentioned. “If you happen to’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.”

One other host, Pleasure Behar, responded that the Nazis described Jews as a distinct race.

“Nevertheless it’s not about race,” Goldberg mentioned. “It’s not. It’s about man’s inhumanity to different man.”

When one other host mentioned that white supremacy was behind the Holocaust — and that Nazis focused Jewish and Roma individuals — Goldberg mentioned these are “white teams of individuals.” When a 3rd host identified that the Nazis didn’t view Jews as white, Goldberg mentioned she was “lacking the purpose.”

“The minute you flip it into race, it goes down this alley,” Goldberg mentioned. “Let’s speak about it for what it’s. It’s how individuals deal with one another. It’s an issue.”

Goldberg apologized hours later.

“On right this moment’s present, I mentioned the Holocaust ‘is just not about race, however about man’s inhumanity to man,’” she mentioned. “I ought to have mentioned it’s about each. As Jonathan Greenblatt from the Anti-Defamation League shared, ‘The Holocaust was concerning the Nazi’s systematic annihilation of the Jewish individuals — who they deemed to be an inferior race.’ I stand corrected.”

A consultant for Goldberg didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.