Whoopi Goldberg Walks Back , 'Holocaust Isn't About Race' , Comment on 'The View'.<br />CNN reports Whoopi Goldberg <br />has sparked outrage with a barrage <br />of misinformed comments.<br />Goldberg, a beloved actor and moderator on the daytime television show "The View," .<br />repeatedly asserted on Jan. 31, <br />"the Holocaust isn't about race.".<br />During a discussion focusing on a <br />Tennessee school district's decision <br />to ban the novel "Maus," an exposé <br />on the atrocities of the Holocaust.<br />The McMinn County, Tennesee, Board of Education has removed the novel from their curriculum, citing "rough objectionable language" and an image of a nude woman.<br />Goldberg was shocked that nudity <br />in "Maus" would concern the school <br />board and not the Holocaust itself.<br />Co-host Joy Behar chimed in the concerns <br />of nudity are likely to be "a canard to throw you off from the fact that they don't like history that makes White people look bad.".<br />To which Goldberg replied, .<br />Well, this is White people doing it to White people, <br />so y'all gonna fight <br />amongst yourselves. , Whoopi Goldberg, co-host 'The View', via CNN.<br />If you're going to <br />do this, then let's be <br />truthful about it because <br />the Holocaust isn't about race. , Whoopi Goldberg, co-host 'The View', via CNN.<br />Goldberg stated she believed the Holocaust to be about "man's inhumanity to man," saying it involved "two White groups of people.".<br />In a statement late Jan. 31, Goldberg admitted to a distorted view of the Holocaust. She said she was "sorry for the hurt I have caused.".<br />In a statement late Jan. 31, Goldberg admitted to a distorted view of the Holocaust. She said she was "sorry for the hurt I have caused."
