The View has been encouraged to "add Jewish voices" after Whoopi Goldberg apologized for claiming the Holocaust was not about race.
On Tuesday Whoopi opened the hit ABC show and shared with viewers: "Yesterday on the show I misspoke. [The Holocaust] is indeed about race, because Hitler and the Nazis considered the Jews to be an inferior race."MORE: Meghan McCain praised by fans for inspiring words about importance of 'listening to each other'She continued: "Now, words matter, and mine are no exception.
I regret my comments and I stand corrected. I also stand with the Jewish people." The TV star also welcomed Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, on to the show, who spoke more on her allegations.WATCH: The View star Whoopi Goldberg alleges the Holocaust wasn't about race"Whoopi, there is no question that the Holocaust was about race, that is how the Nazis saw it as they sought the systematic annihilation of the Jewish people - across continents, across countries, with deliberate and ruthless cruelty," he said."This is an ongoing discussion Jonathan, as you know, and one that we will continue to have because it is important, and because it affects all of us," Whoopi replied, to which Jonathan suggested that The View should consider adding a Jewish host to fill the open spot vacated by Meghan McCain.MORE: Inside Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg's secret relationshipOn Monday, the host of the hit ABC show insisted that the "Holocaust isn’t about race...
it’s about man’s inhumanity to man."Co-host Ana Navarro responded: "But it’s about white supremacists going after Jews - " but Whoopi interrupted, continuing: "But these are two white groups of people!
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