Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From 'The View' Over Classifying The Holocaust As "Evil" Rather Than "Racial"

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Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from her moderating slot on ABC’s The View after sharing a personal observation on the driving force behind the Nazi’s cruel and inhumane actions during the Holocaust.

While engaging in a heated discussion about a Tennessee school board’s recent decision to ban an award-winning graphic novel centering the Holocaust on Monday, Goldberg commented on the absurdity that officials were bothered by the depiction of nudity in the book, but somehow not about the subject matter of mass genocide. “I mean, it’s about the Holocaust, the killing of 6 million people, but that didn’t bother you?” she said during the segment. “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.” It is of note that Goldberg herself also identifies as Jewish.

When co-host Joy Behar chimed in to let Goldberg know that race was indeed a factor and the Jewish race was the target, she further explained. “It’s about man’s inhumanity to man,” Goldberg said, clarifying that “this is about two groups of white people.” She further explained her comments while appearing on The Colbert Report late Monday night, adding that “I feel, being Black, when we talk about race, it’s a very different thing to me.” “When you talk about being a racist, you can’t call this racism.