‘You could not tell a Jew on a street,’ Whoopi Goldberg reiterates Holocaust was not about race

Whoopi Goldberg faces newfound criticism after continuing to comment on the backlash she faced in late January and early February regarding the Holocaust.

Goldberg spoke with The Times in London, United Kingdom, about the criticisms she faced then and her new film, Till.

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In the interview, she reiterated her claims that the Holocaust “wasn’t originally” about race, according to a read through by CBS News.

“Remember who they were killing first. They were not killing racial; they were killing physical. They were killing people they considered to be mentally defective. And then they made this decision,” referring to the incarceration and later killing of the jewish people, Woldberg said in the interview.

She argued that the white complexion of European jews meant that the Nazis were not persecuting because of a racial factor.

“You could not tell a Jew on a street. You could find me. You couldn’t find them. That was the point I was making. But you would have thought that I’d taken a big old stinky dump on the table, butt naked,” Goldberg said.

When the interviewer asked if race could be defined by more than skin color, Goldberg responded, “Well, it’s not in its official… when you look it up.”

The interviewer noted that Nazis did define Jews as a race.

“That’s the killer, isn’t it... The oppressor is telling you what you are. Why are you believing them? They’re Nazis. Why believe what they’re saying?” Goldberg questioned.

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Goldberg’s recent argument nearly mirrors the original comments she made on The View that landed her in hot water on January 31 during a discussion about Maus being removed from schools.

“The Holocaust isn’t about race. No, it’s not about race... It’s about man’s inhumanity to man,” Goldberg declared during the live broadcast.

The genocide was between “two groups of white people,” she continued.

She was met with criticism from viewers as well as Jewish leaders and organizations.

“Racism was central to Nazi ideology. Jews were not defined by religion, but by race. Nazi racist beliefs fueled genocide and mass murder,” The United States Holocaust Museum tweeted.

“Newsflash @WhoopiGoldberg 6 million of us were gassed, starved and massacred because we were deemed an inferior race by the Nazis,” StopAntisemitism said.

“No @WhoopiGoldberg, the #Holocaust was about the Nazi’s systematic annihilation of the Jewish people – who they deemed to be an inferior race. They dehumanized them and used this racist propaganda to justify slaughtering 6 million Jews. Holocaust distortion is dangerous. #ENOUGH,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt stated.

Goldberg issued an apology in the midst of the criticisms.

“I’m sorry for the hurt I have caused,” she stated in a tweet.

However, Goldberg was suspended for two weeks after her public apology.

“I’ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments,” ABC News President Kim Godwin said.

The View and ABC have yet to issue a public statement about Goldberg’s recent comments.

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