(Jewish Group) Whoopi Goldberg apologizes for Holocaust race comment -- then doubles down

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Whoopi Goldberg apologizes for Holocaust race comment — but doubles down in saying Jews are not a race

Whoopi Goldberg apologized for upsetting people by starting a debate on Monday over whether the Holocaust was “about race,” writing that she is “sorry for the hurt I have caused.”

But in an appearance that aired that same night on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” she elaborated on some of her views on the Holocaust that will likely continue to generate controversy.

On “The View,” a show that Goldberg co-hosts, she said “the Holocaust isn’t about race,” but rather about “man’s inhumanity to man.” As she explained in an apology that she tweeted that evening, and on Colbert’s show, the statement brought on a torrent of criticism and accusations of antisemitism. She wrote in a tweet that she should have said the Holocaust “is about both” inhumanity and race, quoting Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt in the process.

“The Jewish people around the world have always had my support and that will never waiver. I’m sorry for the hurt I have caused,” she wrote.

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So very disappointing. While certainly not an anti-Semite, she is missing the forest for the trees. It isn't about whether Jews are seen as a "race" in 2022, but the fact that Jews were seen as a "race" in a 1933 burgeoning Nazi Germany, as well as many centuries before. The conversation being brought about by a discussion about Maus, the topic is, therefore, the Holocaust and the perceptions in that time period. Of course, the entire episode has given some an opportunity to whine about Jews, the Holocaust, and how the two are portrayed; it is the newest form of Holocaust revisionism, and it ain't just for right-wing neo-Nazis anymore!