Anthony Anderson is sticking behind Whoopi Goldberg ... he says we all make mistakes and should be forgiven.
We caught up with the "Black-ish" star at The Dominick Hotel in NYC. Anthony says ... he only read Whoopi's comments, so he doesn't know the full context. But, he says he doesn't believe they came from a bad place.
Anthony added ... we all say things in the heat of the moment that we aren't fully informed about. He doubled down and said that as long a person can admit to being wrong and apologize, then he thinks that's fine ... something he says WG has done.
Anthony says these kinda things happen to us all ... for the most part, we come from a place of love and understanding.
As you know, Whoopi's been in the hot seat since she said that the Holocaust wasn't about race ... She has since apologized but ABC still decided to suspend her from "The View" for 2 weeks.
As for Anderson, he says it's not up to him to say if her suspension was warranted or not ... in his eyes, all should be forgiven.