[laplata]

Maybe it’s her last name that upsets her. Isn’t Goldberg a Jewish name?

Being Black with a Jewish last name might rile her up.

[AZJeep]

Being Black with a Jewish last name might rile her up

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Well, her real name (Caryn Elaine Johnson) is not Goldberg. She choose it.
She was married three times, to three different white guys, none of them named Goldberg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg

[jjotto]

Well, she picked it. She might have just picked it because it sounded funny based on its association with Rube Goldberg.

[Sacajaweau]

Her real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson.

Goldberg may have been a way to get a job.