Whoopi Goldberg suspended from "The View" after saying the Holocaust was "not about race"
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Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from ABC's "The View" for two weeks after she came under fire for saying the Holocaust was "not about race."
"Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments," ABC News President Kim Goodwin said Tuesday in a statement. "While Whoopi has apologized, I've asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments. The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities."
Goldberg made the comments during Monday's episode of the talk show as she and the other hosts were discussing how the Holocaust-centered graphic novel "Maus" was banned by a Tennessee school board, becoming just the latest on a lengthy list of banned books in the U.S.