More of Whoopi Goldberg’s controversial remarks about Jewish people have reportedly resurfaced following her disastrous and mistaken claim that the Holocaust “was not about race” during a recent episode of The View.
“Hand bag to Cook, go dress for dinner. While you dress, have Cook preheat oven to 350 degrees and brown chicken slowly in skillet. When evenly browned, have Cook place chicken in dish in oven. Have Cook prepare rest of meal while you touch up your makeup,” the recipe borderline mocking Jewish-American women continues.
“In about half an hour, voila! Dinner is served! You must be exhausted.”
After the cookbook was published, Goldberg – whose real name is Caryn Johnson – faced substantial backlash, particularly from The Anti-Defamation League who called the recipe “insulting” and “anti-Semitic.”
“It’s a lousy recipe with insensitive and anti-Semitic ingredients. Whoopi should know better,” Abraham Foxman, the National Director of the ADL at the time of the incident, said.
“She needs some sensitivity training, unfortunately. The good people who published it need some sensitivity training too.”
Then, instead of apologizing and admitting it was an insensitive and indecent thing to do, had her agent at the time explain that it couldn’t have been anti-Semitic because the comedian herself is allegedly Jewish.
Maybe the critics are not aware that Whoopi is Jewish, so she is certainly not anti-Semitic,” Brad Cafarelli said at the time in defense of his client – who reportedly chose Goldberg as her stage-name to reflect her alleged Jewish ancestry.
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