Whoopi Goldberg has offered an apology after facing criticism for stating that the Holocaust was “not about race' on 'The View': 'I’m sorry for the hurt I have caused'
Goldberg’s comments came during a discussion on the program regarding a Tennessee school board’s ban of “Maus,” a nonfiction graphic novel about cartoonist Art Spiegelman’s father’s experience surviving the Holocaust.
“Let’s be truthful about it because [the] Holocaust isn’t about race,” Goldberg said on Monday’s episode. “It’s not about race. It’s about man’s inhumanity to man… These are two white groups of people. The minute you turn it into race it goes down this alley. Let’s talk about it for what it is. It’s [about] how people treat each other. It doesn’t matter if you’re Black or white, Jews — it’s each other.
Goldberg’s comments sparked immediate, sweeping criticism from Jewish organizations, including the U.S. Holocaust Museum and StopAntisemitism.org. “Six million of us were gassed, starved and massacred because we were deemed an inferior race by the Nazis,” StopAntisemitism.orgAlthough the Holocaust Museum did not cite Goldberg by name, the organizationGoldberg’s remarks have also drawn criticism from Jewish figures in entertainment. Michael Rapaport“You need to apologize. You need to explain yourself,” Rapaport stated.
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