Whoopi Goldberg’s Misstep Could Have Been A Teachable Moment If She Wasn’t Silenced
‘There is a big distinction to be made between the Joe Rogans, Meghan McCains, and Megyn Kellys of the world — and Whoopi Goldberg.’
You know that moment in a relationship when you or a significant other utter the dreaded four words: “We need to talk?” Often what follows is a conversation you knew was coming and probably needed, but avoided at all costs, because let’s be honest — no one likes feeling uncomfortable. And yet, what comes from those four words is an important opening. An opportunity to step into your truth, define your needs and see if the person looking back at you is interested and/or capable of meeting you where you are. This is what emanates from open dialogue.
You see, change in any relationship — whether romantic or platonic — can’t happen if we are silent or silenced.
This week, Whoopi Goldberg, EGOT winner and host of The View, made a misstep. When discussing the book banning happening in our nation’s schools and the conservative-backed removal of anything related to race and the Holocaust, Goldberg said the Holocaust wasn’t about race but instead “man’s inhumanity towards man.” Was she wrong? Yes. Would most Americans white or Black have made the same error? Most likely. We understand race in America differently than how race was…
