Oprah "OLD WHITE FOLKS MUST DIE!" quote

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if she was wishing them to die (what I didn't infer from that statement), what is wrong with it? It is OK, (REALLY!) to wish some people to die. I do have some in my wish list and they do not include old white racists, but if those are in someone's else list, it is ok. As long as I (or anyone else) act on our wishes......

I hope you meant *don't* act on our wishes...!

Yes of course pp! Freud explains the slip though.....lol

[Anonymous]

"You didn't build that"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“As long as people can be judged by the color of their skin, the problem is not solved,” she said, adding,“There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it – in that prejudice and racism – and they just have to die.”

What do you think of this quote? Obviously, the RW has gone bananas over it...and trying to make it seem like she got the Medal of Freedom because of this quote.

Personally, I don't care for the way she phrased it, but I get what she's saying. I think she's right. Most people I've known who are now, or would be, over the age of 80 are racist. Yet, I don't know anyone under the age of 30 who seems to give race a second thought. Obviously, this is a huge generalization based on my experience alone. But clearly, racism has been diluted through the generations. So sure, racism will be less of as issue as those older racists die off.

Don't generalize about the elderly. Go to a nursing home and ask who they voted for in the last 2 elections. I know an 89 year old man, a life-long Republican who has voted twice for Obama. Those on medicare like him far more than any of his opponents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“As long as people can be judged by the color of their skin, the problem is not solved,” she said, adding,“There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it – in that prejudice and racism – and they just have to die.”

What do you think of this quote? Obviously, the RW has gone bananas over it...and trying to make it seem like she got the Medal of Freedom because of this quote.

Personally, I don't care for the way she phrased it, but I get what she's saying. I think she's right. Most people I've known who are now, or would be, over the age of 80 are racist. Yet, I don't know anyone under the age of 30 who seems to give race a second thought. Obviously, this is a huge generalization based on my experience alone. But clearly, racism has been diluted through the generations. So sure, racism will be less of as issue as those older racists die off.

Don't generalize about the elderly. Go to a nursing home and ask who they voted for in the last 2 elections. I know an 89 year old man, a life-long Republican who has voted twice for Obama. Those on medicare like him far more than any of his opponents.

age 65+ went romney 56-44

[Anonymous]

First, can we PLEASE stop hanging on every word Oprah says?

Second, she is wrong. Racism won't just "go away" when the old, racist farts die. I would think she would know better.

I don't think I was ever racist, but I was a typical white, suburban kid who didn't know any better. I ended up teaching in a school that was 3% white for 15 years. Two years in I didn't see kids as a color, but as WHO they were and I know that came from my experience with kids from other cultures and ethnicities.

I just learned. Simple as that.

We are fortunate in the DC area that we are so diverse so a lot of us aren't racists, but you would be surprised when you step out of the DC area how much that changes. So, while Oprah can live in La-La land and point the finger at old white dudes (and ladies) she is an idiot for doing so because racism goes much deeper than that.

[Anonymous]

It wasn't her words, but the way she said them. Chilling. I have always admired Oprah--until lately. She needs to rethink who the racist is in this case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It wasn't her words, but the way she said them. Chilling. I have always admired Oprah--until lately. She needs to rethink who the racist is in this case.

Sounds like you see what you want to see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think her words are being twisted. Her context wasn't that these people need to die now, but that when they die, the roots of racism will die with them.

Precisely.

+1

She's not wishing that they die early. She merely points out that the national attitude won't change until generational change occurs.

The same is true in regard to gay equality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
It wasn't her words, but the way she said them. Chilling. I have always admired Oprah--until lately. She needs to rethink who the racist is in this case.

Sounds like you see what you want to see.

Did you hear it? or just read it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It wasn't her words, but the way she said them. Chilling. I have always admired Oprah--until lately. She needs to rethink who the racist is in this case.

Sounds like you see what you want to see.

+1

[Anonymous]

My grandmother is 97. Always votes Dem. The most racist person you ever met. Its a generational thing.

[Anonymous]

Racist death-threat is racist. Stock trying to spin it you closet racists! Two wrongs do not make a right. She needs to apologize yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't say anywhere that she said white folks must die. She said old, racist must die which is very different. I agree with her a 100%.

Then you and Oprah are awfully naive. Waiting for old prejudice people to die is not going to solve the issue of racism. Racism is a systemic, complicated issue that needs to be addressed in a myriad of ways, none of which includes waiting for old racist people to die. How stupid is that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't say anywhere that she said white folks must die. She said old, racist must die which is very different. I agree with her a 100%.

OP here. Just to be clear, I wasn't trying to quote her in my subject line. I was quoting the RW interpretation of her quote.

What does RW mean?

[Anonymous]

Racism is a big money industry for people like the Reverend Al Sharpton, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, etal. As long as they make money and people are willing to remain uneducated about the world. The problem of racism will tend to exacerbate itself. I do not deny that it exist and there are bad people in the world but as long as we give stage to the KKK, Nazi and the aforementioned Reverends this problem will grow. Ignore them all because they are all too lazy to get a job and this is how they all get rich