those remarks drew widespread outrage and so goldberg apologized on twitter on monday night and again she went further on tuesday s show. i said something that i feel a responsibility for not leaving unexamined because my words upset so many people, which was never my intention. it is, indeed, about race because hitler and the nazis considered jews to be an inferior race. words matter and mine are no exception. i regret my comments as i said and i stand corrected. abc news president said in a statement here, she suspended goldberg for her wrong and hurtful comments. while whoopie has apologized, i ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments. dramatic video of the final moments of a manhunt for the accused killer of two police officers on a virginia college campus.
the view host whoopi goldberg suspended for saying the holocaust was not about race. her suspension came after an on-air apology. joining me, linguist john mcwhorter. john, let s get into this. it s day two of this whoopie suspension and you say you re nostalgic for times before cancel culture. i need to say she s not been cancelled but she s been suspended. what would be a better way to handle this, you think? well, of course she hasn t been cancelled. it s very hard to cancel anybody and whoopi is not going to be cancelled. a better way to handle this
her remarks. i said something i feel a responsibility for not leaving unexamined because my words upset so many people which was never my intention. and i understand why now. and for that, i am deeply, deeply grateful because the information i got was really helpful and helped me understand some different things. joining us now is ceo and national director of the anti-defamation league, jonathan greenblatt. good morning. thank you for being with us today. i know you spoke with khaopy goldberg yesterday. can you tell us a little bit about that and if you agree with the suspension. well, i did speak with whoopie yesterday. and just to step back, she actually made these comments on monday and messed them up trying to explain them on colbert. then yesterday i went on the view with her, and she apologized again. look, there s no question that
the view host whoopi goldberg suspended for saying the holocaust was not about race. her suspension came after an on-air apology. that was accepted by the ceo for the antidefamation league. joining me, linguist john mcwhorter. the author of woke racism. john, let s get into this. it s day two of this whoopie suspension and you say you re nostalgic for times before cancel culture. i need to say she s not been cancelled but she s been suspended. what would be a better way to handle this, you think? well, of course she hasn t been cancelled. it s very hard to cancel anybody and whoopi is not going to be cancelled. a better way to handle this would have been to inform her that maybe she is missing or forgetting something. in this case you get the feeling she s not fully aware or wasn t
whoopi goldberg is one of the most visible people in daytime television. her platform reaches millions and millions of people. so her comments, they caused confusion and hurt for a jewish community that s been reeling from anti-essential teufpl, brianna. we have seen a doubling over the last five years. we have had, in just the past few weeks, a hostage situation in texas perpetrated by somebody motivated by islamist radicalism. we have had flyer droppings by white supreme tights blaming the jewish people for covid in six states across the country. jews are feeling under siege. and yet when whoopie apologized, not once but twice, i accepted her apology. and i think she delivered it sincerely. i don t think her intent was ma lent. i think it was mistaken. and i think, you know, i don t believe in cancel culture. i believe in counsel culture. so while she made a mistake, we