"AND how she sees it IS AS VALID as how others see it, if we're going to play the 'treat black people as equals' game."

Avis, I respectfully really disagree here. Everyone is equally capable of being wrong about the Holocaust.

Whoopi was wrong.

Anyone - of any race - who says the Holocaust wasn't about race is wrong. And all people who say this should all be treated equally: respected, not suspended from their jobs, and educated on how they're wrong.

The same is true of people who make false statements about the history of black people or any other group.