December 24, 2022 2:55pm EST
Whoopi Goldberg doubles down on controversial Holocaust claim: It 'wasn't originally' about race
Goldberg told The Times the Nazis weren't originally targeting a specific race, but those who were physically and mentally 'defective'
By Gabriel Hays | Fox News
Whoopi Goldberg has not renounced her unpopular views on the Holocaust, despite them getting her suspended from ABC’s "The View" earlier this year.
In a new interview with U.K. paper The Times, the actress and daytime talk show co-host doubled down on her opinion that the Nazi’s didn’t originally target Jews based on race during the Holocaust.
During the discussion, Goldberg also insisted that the Nazis targeted people of African descent as well as the Jews because they were physically different. She even suggested that Jews had an easier time blending in with white people and hiding from the Nazis than Black people.
In her write-up of the interview, Times columnist Janice Turner stated, "Even now she does not understand why her remarks offended. She insists Jewish people themselves are divided about whether they are a race or a religion."
Goldberg, whose original name is Caryn Elaine Johnson, segued into the topic after explaining that her stage name Whoopi Goldberg comes from a "distant Jewish ancestor." She then started speaking candidly about her perspective on the Jewish experience.
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