Whoopi Goldberg is back on The View and says she’s going to keep having tough conversations after Holocaust controversy

WHOOPI Goldberg returned to The View and said she will continue having tough conversations after her Holocaust controversy.

After a two-week suspension, Goldberg opened up Monday's episode of by announcing her return: "Welcome to The View, and yes, I am back."

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The View co-host added: "I got to tell you, there's something marvelous about being on a show like this. We are The View, and this is what we do.

"Sometimes we don't do it as elegantly as we could, well you know it's five minutes to get in important information about topics. And that's what we try to do every day.

"I want to thank everybody who reached out while I was away. I listened to everything everybody had to say, and I was very grateful. And I hope it keeps all the important conversations happening because we're going to keep having tough conversations."

Goldberg continued: "In part, because that's what we've been hired to do. And it's not always pretty, as I said, and it's not always as other people would like to hear.

"But it is an honor to sit at this table and be able to have these conversations because they're important."

made no direct mention of the controversy.

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'NOT ABOUT RACE'

During The View's January 31 episode, Goldberg received pushback after claiming the Holocaust, which involved the murder of six million Jews and other victims, was not "about race."

Goldberg's comments came only days after Holocaust Remembrance Day, when tribute was paid to the six million people who died.

During the episode, The View's show had been discussing the recent scandal after a Tennessee school board voted to remove the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus from an eighth-grade language arts curriculum. 

The book depicts Jews being tortured and murdered by the Nazis during World War Two.

The board had claimed the book is unsuitable because of bad language and the depiction of female nudity.

It was removed from this school's curriculum after months of increased pressure from parents in some districts over books that focus on issues of race, gender identity, and sexuality.

“I’m surprised that’s what made you uncomfortable, the fact that there was some nudity. I mean, it’s about the Holocaust, the killing of 6 million people, but that didn’t bother you?” Goldberg asked.

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“Well, this is white people doing it to white people. Y’all go fight amongst yourselves.”

The co-hosts agreed with the actress that there was a "confusion" that was leaving kids unprepared for "the real world."

"Look at what kids watch these days and the music they listen to," said Sara Haines.

"To say that showing them a work of art or history that happened is bad language or nudity?

"Turn off reality TV, turn off the radio, turn off everything they're doing because kids are exposed to this stuff really early in inappropriate situations, not one where you're learning or teaching."

While these first comments did not initially draw the anger of her co-hosts, Goldberg later returned to her theory that the Holocaust, which was sparked by the belief in a "master race" and a desire for "racial purity," was not about race.

"If you're going to do this, then let's be truthful about it," Goldberg said.

"Because the Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race." 

Co-host Joy Behar hit back: "Then what was it about?"

"It's about man's inhumanity to man," Goldberg responded, again claiming Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution" was not about race.

"That's what it's about."

SUSPENSION

Goldberg was blasted for her comments as ABC proceeded to suspend her from The View for two weeks for her "wrong and hurtful comments."

The statement said: “While Whoopi has apologized, I’ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments.

"The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities."

On February 1, Whoopi released a statement on to apologize for her hurtful words and said she "misspoke".

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The statement reads: “My words upset so many people, which was never my intention,”

“I understand why now, and for that I am deeply, deeply grateful, because the information I got was really helpful and helped me understand some different things.”