Whoopi Goldberg Regrets Saying Holocaust Wasn't About Race, Gets Suspended For Two Weeks From The View
Whoopi Goldberg, best known as the host of The View, has been suspended after saying that the Holocaust was "not about race ... it's about man's inhumanity to other man."
Whoopi
Goldberg,
best
known
as
the
host
of
The
View,
has
been
suspended
after
saying
that
the
Holocaust
was
"not
about
race
...
it's
about
man's
inhumanity
to
other
man." Soon
after,
she
expressed
regret
for
her
statement
and
said,
she
was
"deeply,
deeply
grateful"
for
getting
an
education
on
the
topic.
However,
ABC
has
asked
her
to
step
down
as
host
for
two
weeks.
After
the
backlash,
Goldberg
had
apologized
via
social
media
for
her
statement.
"The
Jewish
people
around
the
world
have
always
had
my
support
and
that
will
never
[waver].
I'm
sorry
for
the
hurt
I
have
caused,"
she
wrote.
On
the
following
day
during
the
show's
opening,
she
added,
"I
misspoke.
My
words
upset
so
many
people,
which
was
never
my
intention.
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."
She
said,
"words
matter
and
mine
are
no
exception.
I
regret
my
comments
and,
as
I
said,
I
stand
corrected
and
I
stand
with
the
Jewish
people
as
they
know
and
y'all
know,
because
I've
always
done
that."
Notably,
after
Tuesday's
show,
ABC
News
President
Kim
Godwin
revealed
in
a
statement
to
HuffPost
that
she
has
been
suspended.
"Effective
immediately,
I
am
suspending
Whoopi
Goldberg
for
two
weeks
for
her
wrong
and
hurtful
comments.
While
Whoopi
has
apologized,
I've
asked
her
to
take
time
to
reflect
and
learn
about
the
impact
of
her
comments.
The
entire
ABC
News
organization
stands
in
solidarity
with
our
Jewish
colleagues,
friends,
family
and
communities," the
statement
said.
The
panellists
on
The
View
were
discussing
a
Tennessee
school
banning
the
1986
graphic
novel
Maus:
A
Survivor's
Tale,
about
life
at
the
Nazi
concentration
camp
at
Auschwitz.
The
Pulitzer
Prize-winning
book
reportedly
depicts
Jews
as
mice
and
Nazis
as
cats.
The
book
has
long
been
heralded
as
a
powerful
and
accurate
depiction
of
the
Nazi
murder
of
millions
of
Jews
during
World
War
II.