Oprah: Not Using N-Word, Harboring Ill Will Towards Black Doesn't Mean You're Not Racist

Breitbart.com ^ | 8-16-2013 | Ben Shapiro

[servo1969]

On Thursday, CNN’s Anderson Cooper interviewed Oprah Winfrey and Forest Whitaker, stars of Oscar-bait The Butler. During the interview, in which Cooper thoughtfully nodded as Winfrey and Whitaker race-baited, Oprah suggested Emmitt Till and Trayvon Martin were equivalent symbols, and that Americans were racist even if they didn’t have ill will toward black people. When Cooper cited polls showing that black Americans were upset about Trayvon Martin and whites thought too much had been made of the case, Oprah sighed, “Oh, I know, I know. That’s why I love the film in light of this discussion is because it brings context to this discussion. I mean, look at the film, beginning with that lynching scene and ending with walking into Obama’s office, look at what has happened in the span of one man’s lifetime.”

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Cooper asked, “It’s amazing to me how people from different backgrounds see this.” He then talked about a juror “who did not understand, did not feel linked to Trayvon Martin, felt connected to George Zimmerman in a way, but not Trayvon Martin, she felt race was not part of this case at all.” Oprah couldn’t wait to jump in, blurting, “People don’t feel it’s race because people don’t call it race…A lot of people think if they think they’re not using the n-word themselves, they physically aren’t using the n-word themselves, and do not harbor ill will towards black people that it’s not racist. But to me it’s ridiculous to look at that case and not to think that race was involved.”

[MNDude]

Who is Emmet Till?

[dagogo redux]

Does thinking Oprah’s an idiot make me an idiotist?

[Darksheare]

Hey Free Willy: not saying “cracker” but harboring ill will towards white people means you might be racist.

[montag813]

She doesn’t need the stupid White bitches who made her a billionaire anymore. The deed is done. Now it’s time to build up her “street cred”...and no better way to do that than to hate on Crackas.

[logitech]

She got rich off he skin color.

I would say that is because of white people not being niggardly.

[fatnotlazy]

Not a good way to promote her latest film by alienating a large segment of the population. People who might have spent $10 or more each to see this film will stay away in droves.

[Steve_Seattle]

In the USA for the last 40 years we've had a situation in which blacks are disproportionally represented at the upper levels of sports and entertainment, and underrepresented in pretty much everything else except crime. Several explanations are available:

1. Blacks are physically superior and intellectually inferior.
2. Blacks are interested in sports and entertainment - and apply themselves in those areas - but have little interest in anything else and therefore don't bother.
3. The white power structure in sports and entertainment is not racist, but the white power structure in all other areas is racist, keeping down qualified blacks.
4a. The public schools - typically under the control of liberal, pro-Democratic administrators - are guilty of the crime of low expectations, and assume blacks cannot learn and so do not try to teach them.
4b. Blacks in public schools are all too often a discipline problem, do not care about learning, and underachieve or drop out, despite the best efforts of teachers and administrators.

So tell me, Oprah, which is it, and what should we do about it?

[svcw]

Bingo

[CT]

I only just now found out Oprah attended the Reverend Wright “church.” That gave me an entirely different view of Okrah. I’d forgotten she is a fellow thug of Obama’s.

[servo1969]

When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

[Ms Mable]

Has Oprah ever lived a moment as a white person? How can that racist gasbag spew so much crap about what white people think in their minds and hearts when she is not white. Is she a mind reader or is Oprah a racist that harbors deep resentment toward whites?

[Steve_Seattle]

"Has Oprah ever lived a moment as a white person? How can that racist gasbag spew so much crap about what white people think in their minds and hearts when she is not white. Is she a mind reader or is Oprah a racist that harbors deep resentment toward whites?"

Oprah is one of the 1%, and therefore has to establish her bona fides as an oppressed black woman and as a friend of the oppressed masses. She has more money and influence than the average white person can even imagine, and that realization must mess with her mind and make her say stupid things.

[Arrowhead1952]

Wonder if she needs 2 seats on a plane.

Most likely has a private plane. That whale would never fly with us regular folks. She can go to hades.

[SkyDancer]

She’s a racist yelling racism. She’s done.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

servo1969~:" When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail."

EXACTLY TRUE !
You see what you expect to see , or , that which is relevent to you !

The truth is :
Zimmerman wasn't raciss !!
Opraah is raciss because that is what she EXPECTED to see !
and no matter what the facts are .. it WILL NOT CHANGE in her mind !
(Psychologists call it : Self-fulfilling behavior)
(and the fact that she will NOT CHANGE her behavior, ..regardles of the facts , ..makes her a BIGOT !!)

[fatima]

Gives her money to Africa instead of really deserving inner city kids.You know when your fatness gets in the way you don't think strait.Where can I go,where can i sit,Does the pocketbook fit.How bout she takes the 35,000 for the bag and give it to a nice kid who is trying hard here in the USA.She's just mad cause she's fat.

[man_in_tx]

Looks like re-education camps are in the future for the melanin-challenged among us, if this country does not sharply change course in the very near future.

[sagar]

“Till assaulted a white woman”

Care to give your source for this “assault”?

[MamaB]

I would be very happy if she never made the news again. It seems that every time she opens her mouth, she appears nuttier.

[fatima]

“Weird Al” Yankovic - Fat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2mU6USTBRE