{"id":532043,"date":"2022-12-28T04:38:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T01:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/whoopi-goldberg-forced-to-apologize-again-for-repeating-holocaust-slur\/"},"modified":"2022-12-28T04:38:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T01:38:49","slug":"whoopi-goldberg-forced-to-apologize-again-for-repeating-holocaust-slur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whoopi-goldberg-forced-to-apologize-again-for-repeating-holocaust-slur\/","title":{"rendered":"#Whoopi Goldberg forced to apologize \u2014 again \u2014 for repeating Holocaust slur"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ce8069621f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ce8069621f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whoopi-goldberg-forced-to-apologize-again-for-repeating-holocaust-slur\/#%E2%80%9CWhoopi_Goldberg_forced_to_apologize_%E2%80%94_again_%E2%80%94_for_repeating_Holocaust_slur%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Whoopi Goldberg forced to apologize \u2014 again \u2014 for repeating Holocaust slur&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhoopi_Goldberg_forced_to_apologize_%E2%80%94_again_%E2%80%94_for_repeating_Holocaust_slur%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Whoopi Goldberg forced to apologize \u2014 again \u2014 for repeating Holocaust slur&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Whoopi Goldberg has once again apologized for her comments claiming that the Holocaust was \u201cnot about race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A rep for the 67-year-old provided a statement to The Post on Tuesday, just days after a recent interview in which she reiterated the same Holocaust slur that got her suspended from \u201cThe View\u201d last February. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy best friend said, \u2018Not for nothing is there no box on the census for the Jewish race. So that leads me to believe that we\u2019re probably not a race,\u2019\u201d Goldberg had told the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/whoopi-goldberg-till-film-hollywood-race-cancel-culture-c5lgc656v\">Sunday Times of London<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In her new statement, she attempted to clarify that she was simply referencing her past hurtful remarks, not \u201cdoubling down\u201d on them. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently while doing press in London, I was asked about my comments from earlier this year. I tried to convey to the reporter what I had said and why, and attempted to recount that time,\u201d Goldberg began. \u201cIt was never my intention to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear as if I was doubling down\u00a0on hurtful comments, especially after talking with and hearing people like rabbis and old and new friends weighing in. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still learning a lot and believe me, I heard everything everyone said to me. I believe that the Holocaust was about race, and I am still as sorry now as I was then that I upset, hurt and angered people. My sincere apologies again, especially to everyone who thought this was a fresh rehash of the subject. I promise it was not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this time of rising antisemitism, I want to be very clear when I say that I always stood with the Jewish people and always will. My support for them has not wavered and never will,\u201d she ended. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Whoopi-Goldberg-60.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Goldberg was shortly suspended from &quot;The View&quot; in February when she first shared her views on the Holocaust. \" class=\"wp-image-25126935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Whoopi-Goldberg-60.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Whoopi-Goldberg-60.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Whoopi-Goldberg-60.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Goldberg was shortly suspended from \u201cThe View\u201d in February when she first shared her views on the Holocaust. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC\/The View<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Goldberg took part in the Sunday Times interview to promote her upcoming movie \u201cTill,\u201d in which she plays Alma Carthan, the mother of civil rights activist Mamie Till-Mobley, whose 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, was tortured and lynched in 1955. While on the topic of race, Goldberg suggested there is a debate about whether\u00a0Jews\u00a0are a race or a religious group when the interviewer reminded her that \u201cNazis saw Jews as a race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, but that\u2019s the killer, isn\u2019t it?\u201d Goldberg responded. \u201cThe oppressor is telling you what you are. Why are you believing them? They\u2019re Nazis. Why believe what they\u2019re saying?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/holocaust-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Goldberg's remarks on the Holocaust resulted in swift backlash.\" class=\"wp-image-21040856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/holocaust-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/holocaust-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/holocaust-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Goldberg\u2019s remarks on the Holocaust resulted in swift backlash.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t originally [about race]. Remember who they were killing first,\u201d she continued. \u201cThey were not killing racial; they were killing physical. They were killing people they considered to be mentally defective. And then they made this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg made similar comments at the beginning of the year on an episode of \u201cThe View\u201d and then repeated them that night on \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Whoopi has apologized, I\u2019ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments,\u201d ABC <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> President Kim Godwin tweeted at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/whoopie-apologizes-507.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and National Director of Anti-Defamation League (ADL), speaks at the announcement of a civil lawsuit filed by the District of Columbia (DC) Attorney General against the Proud Boys.\" class=\"wp-image-21043266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/whoopie-apologizes-507.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/whoopie-apologizes-507.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/whoopie-apologizes-507.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt criticized Goldberg\u2019s comments on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, stating that the Germans deemed Jewish people to be an inferior race.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michael Brochstein\/SOPA Images\/S<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Goldberg walked back her statements on Twitter that night after they received widespread outrage and even caught the attention of the Anti-Defamation League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Jonathan Greenblatt from the Anti-Defamation League shared, \u2018The Holocaust was about the Nazi\u2019s systematic annihilation of the Jewish people \u2014 who they deemed to be an inferior race.\u2019 I stand corrected,\u201d she wrote.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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