Black critics and lawmakers alike blasted Oprah Winfrey for a video that went viral on Tuesday in which Oprah claims black people are victimized by a white caste system.
BIZARRE LECTURE FROM A BILLIONAIRE
Oprah is starting to believe her own nonsense.
The viral video, part of Winfrey’s series “The Oprah Conversation,” featured Oprah encouraging white guests to admit to their racism. She insisted that all white people have a “leg up” because of their skin color.
The latest episode of the AppleTV+ series, which featured activist and former NFL player Emmanuel Acho, spoke with white guests about topics such as whiteness, white privilege, and racism.
During the episode — titled “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man: Part 1” — Winfrey said, “There are white people who are not as powerful as the system of white people — the caste system that’s been put in place — but they still, no matter where they are on the rung, or the ladder of success, they still have their whiteness.”
]White privilege is racist and it’s a myth.]
“[Whites have a] leg up,” she insisted. “You still have your whiteness. That’s what the term ‘white privilege’ is. It means that whiteness still gives you an advantage, no matter. It is the fundamental issue.”
[No, it isn’t. The fundamental issue is Oprah is a racist.]
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Oprah is worth $2.7 billion. She is the richest black woman in the world, yet she still thinks poor white people have more advantage than she does because of their “whiteness” pic.twitter.com/g4rNTq1tZj
— Brokeback Patriot (@brokebackUSA) August 4, 2020
On the two-part premiere episode of #TheOprahConversation, @Oprah and @emmanuelacho talk through the uncomfortable conversations we all need to be having right now.
Now streaming on the @AppleTV app with an Apple TV+ subscription. https://t.co/YFiW1vtxjP pic.twitter.com/D5NnzbllyF
— Apple TV (@AppleTV) July 30, 2020
Billionaire Oprah says it’s important for Americans to realize that “the system of white people” continues to keep Black citizens off “the ladder of success.”
No, she is one of the people keeping them off the ladder of success by making them into helpless victims. They are as smart, talented, able as anyone and she’s telling them whites have a caste system that will keep them down.
SOME RESPONSES
Billionaire Oprah lectures the rest of us:
"You still have your whiteness. That's what the term 'white privilege' is. It means that whiteness still gives you an advantage, no matter.”
What utter, racist BS. https://t.co/02PADVJkrZ
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) August 5, 2020
So billionaire #OprahWinfrey is lecturing poor white farmers and truck drivers about “white privilege.” I wonder if she would be willing to trade places with them. I think I know the answer to that one
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) August 6, 2020
Oprah can dish it out, but she sure as heck can’t take it…She blocked EVERYONE from making comments on her “white shame” special 🤔https://t.co/fUA6xjhTTB
— ✭ Wayne Dupree ✭ (@WayneDupreeShow) August 6, 2020
Oprah Winfrey says being White “gives you an advantage no matter what.”
Oprah was born DIRT poor, raped as a child, worked HARD, and became an American ICON worth BILLIONS.
Why is a victimhood and inferiority complex her message to Black Americans?
— Rob Smith 🇺🇸 (@robsmithonline) August 5, 2020
She makes me sick.https://t.co/4lNDWtEex8
— David J Harris Jr (@DavidJHarrisJr) August 5, 2020
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If Oprah would give me a billion dollars, I would call her everyday for at least a year and apologize to her for my being white. Until then, I don’t want to hear a damn thing she says.
I am shocked by how hateful and misguided Oprah is. As far as her “success”, I firmly believe that millions of others would have been qualified to do her job. She simply filled the role the networks wanted that has never been seen: a black woman with average intelligence and charm that was not a threat to woman. No offense but she isn’t the most attractive person out there. Oprah was simply in the “right” place at the right time and was picked. The shows topics were not created by Oprah initially and it is the show itself that gave her the experience and exposure and groomed her. He background story is quite common and it shocks me that she believes it is that interesting. She didn’t come to be a billionaire by her own accord and I wouldn’t even call her self made. She can thank the networks for her success (in terms of money). Success as a human being is another story and I don’t know her to make such observations.
I agree with the statements above that if she really cared about BLACK LIVES, she’d put her money where her mouth is and DONATE 2.6 billion of her 2.7 billion. Surely, if she is that successful, she would find a way to make money AND besides, couldn’t she live on a million? How many hard working people will ever see a million in their life?
I could say much more….like how is Barack Obama, who caused her to cry when he became the first “black” president? I can say that Barack is mixed: black and white. He is not black unless you consider the 1% drop rule. For those of you that don’t know, long, long, ago, any person born from a black/white mix was labeled black so they would not be taken care of and treated as an equal.
I believe it’s true that racism does exist and I believe discrimination is wrong. However, it is not only with blacks. It is with all backgrounds: all woman of all colors, blacks, Hispanic, Asian, Islamic, whites, gay/lesbian, Jews, etc. Take the Jews for example, they were treated horribly but instead of sitting around blaming and pointing fingers, they work and move forward. I think all lives matter and I find it pathetic that people like Oprah that feel so strongly can say it sitting on billions of dollars. Isn’t that the most interesting point? If Beyoncé took the money made to create her video glorifying herself and donating it to BLM, I think it would make the needed difference. The goal is equality and stopping the abuse of power, all these billionaires with big opinions seem to use the BLM movement to put the spotlight on themselves. Sad.
“White Supremacy? White Privilege? How about “White Credit and Credibility?”
The truth can be explained to anyone, but apparently it still can’t be comprehended for everyone. Had anyone in any equitable way explained the negative impact of liberalism and socialism on illegal immigration or the legacy of slavery in the American equation regarding “whiteness,” they might have presented some true credibility regarding the formation of our government and potential subversion lurking in a free population. This now includes spurious charges of “white supremacy” and admonition by a privileged few to apologize for “whiteness.”
But no, while white men were fully predominate in forging our new nation with an eventual Constitution and Bill of Rights to assure freedom and liberty for all citizens, with thousands of whites eventually dying in the Civil War to prove it, and a long-running history of American “white” generosity and economic innovation to overcome past inequities and mistakes in an emerging, citizen Representative Nation, it demeans the vast number of whites in general by falsely labeling “whiteness” as “white privilege” or “white supremacy,” or blaming “white men” as the core problem of today’s maladies. But no, it was what it was, just the inceptive, brilliant efforts and insights of the Founding Fathers who happened to be white, and wanted to insure freedom for the future of our Nation and its increasingly diverse citizens. Simply put, while history shows it axiomatic, creating a predominantly white nation then or now wasn’t and still isn’t a goal, but the predominate contribution of the white condition deserves some understanding credit and credibility for identifying and correcting past inequities toward devising and protecting liberty and equality for all citizens, no matter appearance or background. No one else did it, so why now should being white be so dismissed or demeaned for something it wasn’t and still isn’t?
While at every turn some still diss on “white privilege” or blame white men as “the problem,” no one would be able to speak or write about such things hadn’t the “whites” of varied backgrounds first created the framework and core values in our Constitution and Bill of Rights that mapped the course of equality for all “citizens,” no matter background or social status.
As for “White supremacy,” it is neither found in the Constitution nor is it a platform of the Republican Party, despite the FBI’s general adoption of it in its terrorist investigative terminology. Most don’t have a clue about the extent of its radicalism. Nevertheless, while of unconstitutional ilk, and polarized fringe groups do exist on both sides of the political aisle, the general and undefined use of the term demeans white people. Constitutional whites in history of American have used persistence, sacrifice, generosity and economic innovation to overcome past inequities known and unknown in our still emerging, Constitutional Nation. In fact, from an overall view of history, it’s a monumental mistake and in great ignorance to in any way apologize or accept criticism for being that kind of whiteness in America.
“Oprah claims black people are victimized by a white caste system.”
Does she realize how ridiculous that sounds!? Where’s her proof? The multi-billionaire, privileged Oprah has just insulted both the black and white race.
Instead of creating division between the races, she should use her platform and money in a more positive and productive way.
She said that she was raped as a child, so she could do something about the young children, of all races & genders, that are being sold as sex slaves in the U.S.; and in the Mid-East, there are forced marriages of underage girls (RAPE!).
Slavery still exists around the world today, e.g., in Libya, a cell phone video showed young black men being auctioned in an open market; and in China, it has been reported that slaves organs are being harvested (those are just a few examples).
The victims of slavery have always existed. More people are enslaved around the world today than ever in recorded history, and none of this is occurring because of an all WHITE CASTE SYSTEM!!!
She loves the sound of her own voice.