Caryn Elaine Johnson, known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality.
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She is recipient of numerous accolades, one of 17 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award.
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Whoopi Goldberg is talking again about whether the Holocaust, which involved the murder of 6 million Jewish people, was racially motivated.
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In a new interview with The Sunday Times of London, shared during Hanukkah, Goldberg suggested Jews are divided about whether they are a race, religion or both.
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When The Times journalist Janice Turner mentioned racially divisive laws set by Nazis aimed at Jews.
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Goldberg first made the public statements on an episode of "The View" about 10 months ago, saying at the time that "the Holocaust isn't about race," but rather, "inhumanity to man."
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"They were killing people they considered to be mentally defective. And then they made this decision," Goldberg said.
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Goldberg's comments to The Times of London are being met with backlash.
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"This is one of the times where I think someone should force Whoopi Goldberg to go to a Holocaust museum and learn about the Nuremberg laws," video game director Luc Bernard wrote on Twitter.
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Someone tell Whoopi her remarks are still abhorrent and ignorant even when spoken to a British paper, Boundless Israel founder Aviva Klompas wrote.
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