Whoopi Goldberg: Blacks and Whites Live in Different Worlds

NewsBusters.org ^ | 7/17/2008 | Justin McCarthy

[Pyro7480]

Do not say black and white Americans live in the same world or you will feel the wrath of Whoopi Goldberg. That is what Elisabeth Hasselbeck discovered on the July 17 edition of "The View." Upon suggesting that, Whoopi reduced Elisabeth to tears.

On the news of Jesse Jackson’s use of the "n" word, the conversation quickly developed into the double standard involved between a white and black person’s use of the word. Sherri Shepherd and Whoopi Goldberg admitted there is a double standard, but added there should be. Sherri Shepherd said she uses the word "as a term of endearment," but said to Barbara Walters "I don’t want to hear it coming out of your mouth."

[Pyro7480]

Unfortunately, these were the recent polling results on race relations:

[gridlock]

For instance, in White America, having seven abortions would be considered unusual...

[digger48]

How can this country ever have a “discussion on race” if we can’t even bring it up without being called a racist?

[Choose Ye This Day]

So, Whoopi, if blacks and whites live in separate worlds, should we elect separate presidents? You elect a black one, we honkies will elect a pasty white one?

[weegee]

admitted there is a double standard, but added there should be.

All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than other.

Positively Stalinist. It is only "Orwellian" because it took a socialist like him to out the evils of socialists who would attack the home state but not Mother Russia.

[Da Coyote]

Which is why Ms Goldberg is fine with a script - just like Obama. Without a script...she’s also just like Obama. He’s a loon. She’s a loon. At least she has a small area in which she actually has talent.

[Lancey Howard]

Here are twelve whites who briefly lived on another world:

[Nonstatist]

Blacks want whites to give them money becasue they have more of it than Blacks do and thats not fair.

[Bushwacker777]

So are all those blacks voting against McCain racist against white men?

[GOP Poet]

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[Heartland Mom]

Yeah, in her world, people have their hands out and are obsessed with blaming all their problems on their skin color rather than looking in the mirror and taking personal responsibility. jmo.

[weegee]

never hear any rebuke of non-white people using the terms “white bread” and wigger.

[padre35]

Whoopi (cushion) lives in a different world then I do, she is a multi millionaire....

[Augustinian monk]

“Sherri Shepherd and Whoopi Goldberg admitted there is a double standard, but added there should be’

Shouldn’t wrong be wrong? Wouldn’t that be less complicated?

[Riodacat]

And in a completely unrelated story, 55% of Germans in 1938 felt relations with their Jewish neighbours were good or very good.
And the Jews in Germany,,,,,, not so much.

[surely_you_jest]

This double standard isn’t going to last for long. Either one side will finally recognize its intellectual dishonesty and begin to behave accordingly or, and in my opinion more likely, the other side will cease to care what the first side thinks about anything. And, at that point, it will once again begin to act like the majority of the population that it is.

[Pyro7480]

Huh? Are you saying whites are out of touch?

[Mark was here]

One race is held to a superior standard. Why is this? Oh I see it is not a superior or higher standard, it is merely a different standard.

[pgkdan]

We do live in 2 seperate worlds and I make no apologies for it. I’ve worked my butt of for 30 years to get where I am and I’m willing to fight to keep it.