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Whoopi Goldberg awkwardly demonstrates how the idea of race varies by place and changes over time

  • Written by Robyn Autry, Associate Professor of Sociology, Wesleyan University
imageOn "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Whoopi Goldberg said, "I don't want to make a fake apology."Youtube

Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” set off a firestorm when she insisted on Jan. 31, 2022 that the Holocaust was “not about race.” Hands outstretched, she went on to describe the genocide as a...

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