Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, praised Goldberg for being outspoken over the years on social issues but said he struggled to understand her statement on the Holocaust. "Jewish people at the moment are feeling besieged," Greenblatt said. The View brought on Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League and author of It Could Happen Here, on Tuesday to discuss why her words had been hurtful. "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." "My words upset so many people, which was never my intention," she said. it's about man's inhumanity to other man." Panelists on the show had been talking about a Tennessee school board's banning of Maus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Nazi death camps during World War II. On Monday's episode of The View, she said the Holocaust was "not about race. That appeared to be at the root of original comments by Goldberg, who is Black. The flare-up over Goldberg's remarks this week highlighted the enduring complexity of some race-related issues, including the widespread but strongly contested notion that only people of color can be victims of racism. "I misspoke," Goldberg said at the opening of Tuesday's show. it's about man's inhumanity to other man." She said the Holocaust was "not about race. Goldberg made her original comments during a discussion on the show Monday about a Tennessee school board's banning of Maus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Nazi death camps during World War II. "My words upset so many people, which was never my intention," she said Tuesday morning. Goldberg apologized hours later and again on Tuesday's morning episode, but the original remark drew condemnation from several prominent Jewish leaders. The suspension came a day after Goldberg's comment during a discussion on The View that race was not a factor in the Holocaust. The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities," ABC News President Kim Godwin said in a statement posted Tuesday on Twitter. "While Whoopi has apologized, I've asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments. Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' SpecialĮpisode: ".National Why a school board's ban on 'Maus' may put the book in the hands of more readers Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Tales from the Whoop: Hot Rod Brown Class Clown Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The MovieĬalafia, the Queen of California / Narrator She won the Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actress for the film Ghost (1990).Ĭitizen: I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It AwayĪn Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn She has won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. The following is her filmography throughout her entire acting career. Whoopi Goldberg is an American actress, comedian, and singer. Goldberg at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
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