Wealthy Whoopi Goldberg fails to see the irony of her ‘oppression' narrative – or that the US is NOTHING like Iran
They say the more money you have, the more problems you'll encounter.
For many wealthy leftists, it seems that the more money they possess, the more willing they are to exaggerate the problems of society.
And the tendency to overstate social ills and life hurdles tends to get worse if you're a black person who thrives in the highest tax bracket.
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Whoopi Goldberg is one of these wealthy black Americans who enjoys rhetorically disassociating from their economic privilege to wallow in race-oppression narratives.
On Wednesday's edition of ABC's 'The View,' Goldberg ridiculously equated life under Iran's oppressive regime with life in the United States for black Americans.
'Let's remember, too, the Iranians throw gay people off buildings. They don't adhere to basic human rights,' co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin argued.
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'I'm sorry, they used to hang black people [in America],' Goldberg retorted.
'It is not even the same,' Griffin tried to explain.
'I think it's very different to live in the United States in 2025 than it is to live in Iran.'
'Not if you're black!' Goldberg countered.
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'Nobody wants to diminish the very real problems that we have,' Griffin responded.
'But I think it's important to remember that there are places that much darker than this country.'
'Not everybody feels that way!' exclaimed Goldberg.
'Black-people whisperer'
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As the conversation devolved, Joy Behar was momentarily anointed the 'black-people whisperer' as she attempted to translate Goldberg's sentiment.
'Try to reverse roles with a black person in this country, just try to understand from their point of view,' Behar pleaded.
'From that point of view, this country does not do them well.'
One of the many problems with weaving a victim narrative is that it transports you into an ideological oblivion, making you nearly incapable of recognizing how self-unaware you sound to normal people.
Watching millionaires on 'The View' trash a nation that has given them lives of abundance
is absolutely nauseating to witness — and, to the average American, comes across as incredibly ungrateful.
Like Goldberg, many wealthy black people, lacking any ongoing sense of personal struggle, feel guilty for their success.
Yet they believe being black in America is synonymous with strife — and through race association, they can live the poor black experience vicariously, safe inside their gated communities and penthouses.
Goldberg is one I would classify as a 'verbal victim,' because she has in fact overcome a multitude of personal and social obstacles to achieve worldwide fame and fortune.
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Yet she pathetically holds on to her oppression narratives because they carry no negative ramifications in her luxurious world, only applause from victim-enabling white leftists like Joy Behar.
Goldberg could instead hold up her life as an example of an American success story — but then she'd have no struggle to complain about.
So why are you still here?
She can't even see the irony of crying 'oppression' as a public commentator who unabashedly ridicules and disrespects the president — a role that could simply not exist in truly oppressive Iran.
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A person's actions mean more than their flippant words: If Goldberg feels so unsafe living in America as a black woman, why is she still here?
People from nations like Iran flee to America to escape real persecution with nothing but an ambitious spirit to support them, yet a multimillionaire with an appetite for whining can't seem to purchase a one-way ticket elsewhere.
Goldberg is one of those upper-class comfortable complainers who uses the perceived problems of others as a form of social currency.
When convenient, she'll use my race as either a tool to grab attention for herself, or a weapon to bludgeon the people she despises.
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I'm black, I love America, and my experience here is in no way comparable to life in Iran.
Whoopi doesn't speak for me.
Adam B. Coleman is the author of 'The Children We Left Behind' and founder of Wrong Speak Publishing.
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