Whoopi Goldberg: ‘I’m Not African-American … I’m All American’

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GOLDBERG: “I can’t keep up with it either. I went from being ‘colored’ to a ‘Negro’ to being black to being African-American, so I just figured I would land on American. And you know what, save your tweets. People get up in arms. I know I’m black, I’ve been black since the moment I was born. I’m very clear about it. [People] get very upset; they say, ‘You just don’t want to be black.’ No, that’s not something you can change. I am black. But I, as an American, you don’t call a lot of white folks White-Americans. You don’t call people Italian-Americans. You don’t do that. Anytime you hyphenate American, and put something in front of it, it’s like you’re not a real American. Well I’m a whole lotta All-American. This is my country. Save your tweets and save your hate mail because on this case, I don’t care … Just call me Whoopi!”