Posted on 02/04/2022 5:33:49 AM PST by Impala64ssa
Columnist, author, and former presidential speech writer John Podhoretz criticized “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg, whose real name is Caryn Johnson, for her controversial comments about Jews, race, and the Holocaust, urging the actress to “give up” the surname she “co-opted” and doesn’t “deserve.”
Podhoretz said in a New York Post column published Tuesday that “performer Caryn Johnson” did not land on the last name “Goldberg” because it “signified ‘whiteness.'”
Johnson chose Goldberg “because it would represent the proud ownership of her outsider status. She wasn’t trying to blend in. She was doubling down — on race.”
Notably, the co-host insisted this week on “The View” that the targeting and extermination of millions of Jews during the Holocaust had nothing to do with “race.” After she was blasted for the comments, the host seemed to double-down and bypass an apology.
“I think of race as being something that I can see,” Goldberg told talk show host Stephen Colbert. “So, I see you and I know what race you are.”
“I understand,” she added. “I felt differently. I respect everything everyone is saying to me and I don’t want to fake apologize…I’m very upset that people misunderstood what I was saying.”
“Note, please, that Caryn Johnson didn’t become Whoopi Rockefeller,” Podhoretz pointed out. “No. She knew that by becoming Whoopi Goldberg, she would be choosing to flaunt in every way possible the fact that she was a minority person in a majority-white country. The ‘Goldberg’ was the cherry on top.”
Podhoretz called the host’s comments about Jews “stupid and almost jaw-droppingly offensive,” adding, “Six million people literally died because that wasn’t how the people who killed them thought about race.”
“Back when Johnson became Goldberg, Jews weren’t considered ‘white,’ exactly,” he wrote. “And they weren’t not-white either. The point here is that such a classification system is meaningless when it comes to Jews, no matter the color of their skin.”
“It’s obvious that a 2022 version of young Caryn Johnson would not choose the name Goldberg to gain that extra frisson of non-white pride,” Podhoretz said.
“Whoopi Goldberg should just drop the Goldberg now,” Podhoretz closed the post. “There are dozens of survivors of the Holocaust who bear the name — and an untold number who died in the Shoah with it. Caryn Johnson stains them both.”
As The Daily Wire highlighted, it was announced Tuesday evening that Goldberg is suspended for two weeks for her “wrong and hurtful comments.”
“Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments. While Whoopi has apologized, I’ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments. The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends and communities,” ABC News president Kim Godwin said in a statement.
Sean Hannity defends Whoopi Goldberg following her suspension: ‘I think her apology is sincere’
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PWND.
In fairness, Sean was dropped in his head a few times when he was a kid.
Why should anybody care about a Goldberg & Podhoretz feud?
Answer: They shouldn’t, people should grab popcorn & a beer and enjoy the show.
These two are perfect representatives of two crybaby groups, that are always bitching and moaning about how unfair & mean every body is to them.
She no less a fake Jew than the shrews she co-hosts with.
Maybe she should head the ADL or J Street or one of the other fake Jewish organizations.
“ Podhoretz said in a New York … bla bla bla ‘Johnson chose Goldberg “because it would represent the proud ownership of her outsider status. She wasn’t trying to blend in. She was doubling down — on race.”
John Podoretz used to have promise as a conservative writer. Hello!! Does he know the controversy? She said Jews aren’t a race.
Oy geeze. The ignorance.
Cancel her. The woke/cancel culture demands absolute purity to political correctness and has no room for errors. One strike and you’re out.
Looks like Whoopie is a real Caryn. /s
Caryn Johnson????
And she took a Jewish last name???
And now she’s a Jew hater?????
LMAOROTFL!!!
You couldn’t write a better story than this!!
Caryn. Makes perfect sense now.
Goldberg was her second choice.
She actually named herself Whoopi Cushion......after the sex toy.
Even craven Hollywood nixed the name....so she became Whoppi Goldberg.
I always thought Whoopi came from Whoopee Cushion.
Bam
Pretty funny that she’s a Karen ( no matter how she spelled it)
Caryn Johnson? Yeah, she’s a Caryn.
She was Caryn even before Karen.
LOL
That would be appropriate!
Bravo!
“While Whoopi has apologized [...]”
Apology NOT accepted, Caryn!
Regards,
Exactly. Woild be nice to see advertisers who are conservative say they are dropping their support for the show because of her. Give the slimy liberals a taste of their own medicine, then say “when y’all are ready to stop ca calling people,who’s opinions are different than yours, let us know, and we will advertise on Your sites again.
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