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On Thursday, theAnti-Defamation League(ADL) issued a statement and saidThe Viewco-host, 66, reached out to the organization after sheinaccurately assertedthis week that the “Holocaust isn’t about race.”
Bloch added, “In situations like this, we support a counsel culture, not a cancel culture. We have invited her to have more discussions with ADL, to visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and to reach out to her Jewish colleagues. She has an important voice in our country and there’s much she can do.”
Whoopi Goldberg on The View.ABC
Goldbergmade the commenton Monday’s episode ofThe View, during which she and her co-hosts discussed a Tennessee school board’sban of the Pulitzer Prize-winning bookMaus, which tells the story of illustrator and author Art Spiegelman’s Polish Jewish parents' experience during the Holocaust. The school board cited concerns about female nudity and profanity, and removed the material from the eighth-grade curriculum.
Goldberg, who immediately faced criticism on social media, shared a statement andapologized on the showthe next day.
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“I said something that I feel a responsibility for not leaving unexamined because my words upset so many people, which was never my intention,” Goldberg said. “And I understand why now, and for that I am deeply, deeply grateful because the information I got was really helpful and it helped me understand some different things.”
She also provided a platform to ADL CEO Greenblatt during Tuesday’s episode, and he suggested the show consider a Jewish co-host to fillMeghan McCain’s vacant seat.
The ADL encourages those seeking information on the Holocaust to check out theireducational resources.
source: people.com
