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What Whoopi Goldberg's Holocaust remarks can teach us

What Whoopi Goldberg's Holocaust remarks can teach us about antisemitism

Aired 02/02/2022

PBS News Hour

What Whoopi Goldberg's Holocaust remarks can teach us

Clip: 2/2/2022 | 7m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

What Whoopi Goldberg's Holocaust remarks can teach us about antisemitism

The history of the Holocaust has been part of school curriculums for decades, but how much Americans really know about it has changed. That was brought to light this week when comedian and actress Whoopi Goldberg made race remarks that were widely condemned and led to her suspension from "The View." Ethan Katz, of the Berkeley Antisemitism Education Initiative, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.

Aired 02/02/2022

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