Whoopi Goldberg: Stop calling me ‘African-American’: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United"

Jessica Chasmar, The Washington Times - Wednesday, January 6, 2016

image from article, with caption: "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg said Tuesday that she is proud to be an American, rejecting the term "African-American" to describe herself. (ABC's "The View")

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said Tuesday [JB - video at] that she is proud to be an American, rejecting the term “African-American” to describe herself.

“You know what, this is my country,” Ms. Goldberg, 60, said during on-air discussion about U.S. immigration. “My mother, my grandmother, my great-grandfolks, we busted ass to be here. Pardon me, I’m sorry. 

“I’m an American. I’m not an African-American. I’m not a chick-American. I’m an American,” she added.

“I’m an American!” co-host Raven-Symone [JB - see] agreed. “I’ve been here too long to not just hold ‘American.’ “

“Since the 1700s, my people have been here,” Ms. Goldberg continued. “So I’m an American alongside the Native Americans. That’s the bottom line.”

The other co-hosts, who are white, declined to comment on the debate.