I have written more extensively on this subject, which is personal to my family, but allow me to respond here to some basic points.

Whoopi Goldberg said that the Holocaust was not "about" race. That is an ignorant statement. Most of my family was murdered in Europe because of their "race."

You acknowledge that race is a "social construct." Let me be more direct - There is no such thing as "races" of human beings. What does exist is racism - the mass hallucination of "race" and the hatred and discrimination which flows from those invented distinctions among humans. Whatever the basis for that illusion of race, and however they may be defined in different places and times - whether skin color or family heritage - the hatred and discrimination resulting from it is racism.

Goldberg went from ignorance to divisiveness when she went on to say that it was about "White folks fighting other white folks." Is racism OK as long as your group is not the target?

I do agree that ABC should not have suspended her from The View. That cut short the dialogue, which is what we need more of, not less. And I remain a big fan of Whoopi. Let us understand the difference between arguing and fighting, disagreeing and hating.

Goldberg's attempt at an apology on the Colbert show only made it worse. She set up the hypothetical of standing with her Jewish friend as the Nazis marched down the street. She said she would run.

Well, the fascists are really marching down the street now. I may be treated differently than my wife because of the different pigments in our skin, but I will not run and, unlike Goldberg, neither will she. The ignorance and divisiveness Goldberg displayed only feeds racism. The only way to stop it is to stand together in solidarity.