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drnoam@diasp.org

Here we go again:

Whoopi #Goldberg suspended by ABC for two weeks over #Holocaust remarks

Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from a US talk show after saying the Holocaust involved "two groups of #white people".
ABC News said Goldberg would be off-air for two weeks after her "wrong and hurtful comments".
The actress and TV personality said on ABC's The View that the #Nazi genocide of the #Jews was "not about race".
She apologised but then caused further offence while attempting to explain her remarks on a late-night show.

I don't believe in #cancel culture. Someone said something that upset people, she apologised, job done. Whoopi Goldberg is not the enemy when fighting for social justice. But I'd like to share a couple of thoughts, as I've just read David #Baddiel's book Jews Don't Count.

First is the humorous but poignant observation of Schroedinger's Whites - Jews are white or not depending on the politics of the observer.

Second, and more seriously: It's not up to anti-racists to decide if Jews are a race or not. Anti-racism exists as a response to racism. The point is that racists (or white supremacists, if you prefer) define Jews as a race, and specifically as not white, and that's what matters. Anti-racists have to fight what racists say.