UPDATE: Whoopi Claims 'The Holocaust Isn't About Race,' Just 'Two White Groups'
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 31st, 2022 2:05 PM
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nic...t-race-just-two


UPDATE: After many hours of silence, Whoopi put out a statement Monday night apologizing and citing ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt for educating her on the Holocaust. More below.

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Following a Monday segment blasting podcaster Joe Rogan for spreading “misinformation,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg showed us that real misinformation and anti-Semitism was alive and well on ABC’s The View as she falsely suggested, “the Holocaust isn't about race” but just “two white groups” going at it.

As part of their discussion about a Tennessee school allegedly banning the Holocaust-themed graphic novel Maus (in reality it was simply removed from an 8th-grade reading list and they were open to bringing it back), Whoopi described the Holocaust as “white people doing it to white people. So, this is y'all go fight amongst yourselves.”

She also suggested the school thinking the nudity and language in the book weren’t suitable for 8th graders meant they were fine with systemic slaughter:

Personally, I'm shocked because, you know, given the story of Maus. I'm surprised that's what made you uncomfortable, the fact that there was some nudity. And uh, I mean, it's about the Holocaust, the killing of 6 million people, but that didn't bother you? But the naked – [Trails off]

Co-host Joy Behar agreed, calling their reason a “canard.”

A few minutes later, Whoopi let loose her full anti-Semitic perspective on what the Holocaust was: “Well also, if we're going to do this, then let's be truthful about it because the Holocaust isn't about race.”

Immediately following her false declaration, you could hear a pin drop on the set. It was broken by co-host Sara Haines saying “no” seemingly in agreement and Whoopi doubling down. “No. It's not about race,” she said.

This kicked off a cacophony of crosstalk where Behar and co-host Ana Navarro pushed back by pointing out that the Nazis were targeting the Jews based on race:

[Crosstalk]

BEHAR: They considered Jews a different race.

GOLDBERG: It's not about race. It's not about race.

BEHAR: What is it about?

GOLDBERG: It's about man's inhumanity to man. That's what it's about.

ANA NAVARRO: But it's about white supremacy.

[Crosstalk]

NAVARRO: It’s about going after Jews and Gypsies and Romas.

[Crosstalk]

“But these are two white groups of people,” Whoopi decried back, as the push back seemingly helped Haines grow a spine and to say “They did not see them as white though.”

“But you're missing the point! You're missing the point,” Whoopi raised her voice as she continued to twist the framing of the systemic slaughter of 6 million Jews. “The minute you turn it into race, it goes down this alley. Let's talk about it for what it is. It's how people treat each other. It’s a problem. It doesn't matter if you are black or white because black, white, Jews, Italians, everybody eats each other.”

While all this was happening, co-host Sunny Hostin sat quietly by and only chimed in to say kids “don't want to be cruel” when Whoopi tried to deflect back to Maus.-- excerpt, rest at link above --

I don't think it's anti-semitism. I think Whoopi is unwittingly pointing out the contradictions in trying to use the current ideas of "white supremacy" to explain what was happening 80 some years ago, before this narrative was developed into its current form. The other panelists are able to think outside of that artificial construct and thereby misunderstand what she is saying.