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Whoopi Goldberg suspended from The View for 'wrong and hurtful' Holocaust remarks

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came under fire after saying on the US chat show that the Holocaust was "not about race".And ABC News has now confirmed that the star has been suspended for two weeks."Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments," ABC News president Kim Godwin said in a statement."While Whoopi has apologised, I've asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments.

The entire ABC News organisation stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities."Whoopi made the comment on The View as she was discussing the fact that a school board in Tennessee had taken the book Maus, which is about the Holocaust, off the curriculum because of profanity and nudity.She told her co-hosts: "I'm surprised that's what made you uncomfortable, the fact that there was some nudity.

I mean, it's about the Holocaust, the killing of six million people, but that didn't bother you?"If you're going to do this, then let's be truthful about it.

Because the Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race."Whoopi's co-host Joy Behar stepped in to say that the Nazis had said the Jews were a different race."But it's not about race," Whoopi replied. "It's not.

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