from abc news following her controversial remarks on the view about the holocaust is sparking a new discussion. an op-ed said it actually highlights what s missing in how we teach procedure in our schools. joining me now is global opinions editor at the washington post and author of that op-ed. karen, what do you mean? hi. so, i think when we re talking about race and modern race construction, it s a really difficult conversation to have, honestly, precisely because, particularly in the united states we tend to think of race as just a skin color issue, particularly in the black, white binary. and so this was this is something people trip up on all the time. so when whoopi goldberg insisted that the holocaust was not about race, she was missing out on a history of the racialization, frankly, of jewish people and others and a flexible definition
institutionalize institutionalized. the wealth gap is in addition african-american median income is 1/10th that of white americans. and when you add all of the dislocations in the economy, not all of them caused in any way by the recession, but a big part of them. global composition and other things in terms of u.s. manufacturing and business. african-americans are usually the last hired and the first fired. do you think it s a skin color issue rather than a performance jewish? i ve been convinced all my life. i ve been in business all my life, i ve been quite successful as you might know. i will tell you this, there are millions of african-americans who have the talent, the work ethic, the integrity, the ingenuity to be successful in jobs or in business. but you have to admit, that any
institutionalize institutionalized. the wealth gap is in addition african-american median income is 1/10th that of white americans. and when you add all of the dislocations in the economy, not all of them caused in any way by the recession, but a big part of them. global composition and other things in terms of u.s. manufacturing and business. african-americans are usually the last hired and the first fired. do you think it s a skin color issue rather than a performance jewish? i ve been convinced all my life. i ve been in business all my life, i ve been quite successful as you might know. i will tell you this, there are millions of african-americans who have the talent, the work ethic, the integrity, the ingenuity to be successful in jobs or in business. but you have to admit, that any
and first fired. do you believe s a skin color issue rather than performance issue? i have been convinced all my life i have been in business all my life. i have been quite successful as you might know. but i will tell you this, there are millions of african-americans who have the talent, the work ethic, integrity, ingenuity to be successful in jobs and in business, but you have to admit that anytime you have a situation for 50 years, dating back to the civil rights movement, when african-americans were making huge gains in fair employment and housing and legislation was enacted we spent more money on education than at any time in the african-american history, there is something here than just failure of family or failure of individual african-american to pursue a job. it has to do where the fact that the question of race discrimination lingers on you are laying it on the skin color and i can t tell
and first fired. do you believe s a skin color issue rather than performance issue? i have been convinced all my life i have been in business all my life. i have been quite successful as you might know. but i will tell you this, there are millions of african-americans who have the talent, the work ethic, integrity, ingenuity to be successful in jobs and in business, but you have to admit that anytime you have a situation for 50 years, dating back to the civil rights movement, when african-americans were making huge gains in fair employment and housing and legislation was enacted we spent more money on education than at any time in the african-american history, there is something here than just failure of family or failure of individual african-american to pursue a job. it has to do where the fact that the question of race discrimination lingers on you are laying it on the skin color and i can t tell