Let's start by saying, I'm not a fan of Whoopi Goldberg by any stretch of the imagination. But all of this backlash over the "perceived" definition of a word is way overboard.
If the past few years are not a perfect example of how any group or individual may look at things way differently than you do, you've been under a rock. All she said was the holocaust was not about racism, in her opinion. I personally never thought about the holocaust being about race as much ethnicity. I thought like she did, all white people are the same race, which I don't think there is a definitive answer to. So what!
She nor I downplay the horror and disgust of the event. She even began apologizing right away, which I think is ridiculous, but that's where we're at these days.
Quit looking for something petty to be offended by, there's plenty of real issues to be offended by.
Oh sorry, that's just my opinion, not sorry.
Sam Lewallen, Jr.