Barbara Walters often asked why she couldn't say Slur Racial, says Whoopi Goldberg

Walters obtained a serious backlash for saying the word on an episode of 2011 from The View.


A recent discussion on View led to a revelation of Whoopi Goldberg About the creator and former host series Barbara Walters . While co-hosts of the show discussed a Missouri teacher who lost his job after being recorded by saying the word N in class, Goldberg said that Walters, who was white, often asked Goldberg She couldn't say the word herself.

Goldberg also recalled how she would react to Walters and Co-host Sunny hostin shared its reflections on the use of the word, including within the black community.

The conversation also recalled a discussion that occurred on the program 12 years ago, during which Walters said on the word n and was informed by the co-host Sherri Shepherd that it made her uncomfortable. Continue reading to learn more.

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View The panelists discussed an incident in a Missouri school.

Wednesday May 17 of the episode of View ,, The hosts discussed a recent incident This happened in Springfield, Missouri, in which a student recorded his teacher of white geometry saying on several occasions the word n and saying to another student that he "can say the word" and did not call anyone " Racial insult. "I'm just saying right now, as a teacher, if you want to keep your job. This is not a threat from me, "said the student in the clip. The teacher then notices that the other student records the exchange and tells them to put his phone.

As reported by ABC News, the student who recorded the video was suspended for three days, but their mother tries to remove the suspension from their file. The Springfield public schools told ABC that the teacher had been "initially placed on administrative leave", but that he is "more employed" by the school.

Goldberg said Walters had often asked questions about the use of the insult.

Whoopi Goldberg and Barbara Walters at opening night of
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During the discussion, Goldberg revealed that Walters had regularly asked her why she could not say the racial insult.

"We used to have this conversation every two months in this program, because Barbara would ask this same question:" Well, why can't I say it? "" Said Goldberg.

Walters has created View In 1997 and organized the program of his first until 2014. The television journalist died in December 2022 at 92.

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Walters used the word in a 2011 episode.

Barbara Walters at the 2012 Daytime Emmy Awards
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During an episode of 2011 of View , Walters said that the word n when the group was talking about the nickname of the time-presidential candidate Rick Perry Hunting camp. There was a rock at the entrance to the land which included the insult. According to a 2011 Washington Post report, The camp received the name Before the association of the Governor of Texas with her, but the rock had not been deleted and the camp was still known by this title. Perry said it was an "offensive name that has no place in the modern world".

Shepherd told Walters that it made her uncomfortable.

Sherri Shepherd and Barbara Walters at a launch party for
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During the 2011 segment on Perry, Walters and Goldberg both said the word; Although it was bipt on television. The use of the Walters slut was overwhelming for Shepherd, which is black.

"When I heard you say, it was good," said Shepherd in Goldberg ( Via CBS News ). But she said to Walters, "You said it in a different way ... I didn't like the way you said it. I don't know if it's a semantic thing, but it's 'is something that goes through my body. "

Walters replied: "So what you say is because I'm white, that I shouldn't use the word?" She also said ( via Weekly entertainment ), "So no white person should use this word? I repeat what was on the rock."

Shepherd said: "Yeah, it's something to hear you say. I don't like it when you use the word ... When you say it, it's a different connotation."

Despite the word, Walters also said in the segment: "It is very difficult for me to say. The fact that I just said that it now gives me chills."

Goldberg explained how she answered Walters' question.

Whoopi Goldberg on the May 17, 2023 episode of
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In the episode of May 17, Goldberg said that she had answered Walters' question in the same way that she would answer any white person who had asked. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"Whenever people who are not black tell me that," why can't I say it? "I always say," Go ahead. You know, I couldn't hit you, but someone else could, "said Goldberg." It's up to you. If you are not interested in discovering what is happening if you say, I suggest you not say it and continue to move forward with other things. "

Hostin, who is black and Latina, also shared his reflections on the word. "I know that many people in the African-American community believe that using it, they recover this word," she said. "I don't have this belief. My conviction is that it should not be used, because it is a racial insult, by anyone. But, the fact is that I maintain that this teacher should have collided with acute angles and triangles and things like that. ""


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