Caryn Elaine Johnson was born in Manhattan, New York City,[6] on November 13, 1955
About her stage surname, she claimed in 2011, "My mother did not name me Whoopi, but Goldberg is my name—it's part of my family, part of my heritage, just like being black", and "I just know I am Jéwish. I practice nothing. I don't go to temple, but I do remember the holidays."[16] She has stated that "people would say 'Come on, are you Jéwish?' And I always say 'Would you ask me that if I was white? I bet not.'"[16] One account recalls that her mother, Emma Johnson, thought the family's original surname was "not Jéwish enough" for her daughter to become a star.[16] Researcher Henry Louis Gates Jr. found that all of Goldberg's traceable ancestors were African Americans, that she had no known German or Jéwish ancestry, and that none of her ancestors were named Goldberg.[12]
Originally posted by frala
Normally I don't hop on the "I hate the ladies of The View" bandwagon, but there does seem to be something particularly ignorant about these comments. I think everybody is entitled to their opinion (shitty and stupid as it may be) but goddamn.
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