Oprah "OLD WHITE FOLKS MUST DIE!" quote

[Anonymous]

“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.

[Anonymous]

well i think lazy people on welfare need to die to get rid of the generation and that culture, same thing

[Anonymous]

Yayy!! Let's all wait for everyone we don't like to die!!

DCUM is getting into the holiday spirit EARLY this year!

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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%.

[Anonymous]

The most racist people I have encountered are not White and are younger than 80.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

It is, like all evil, passed down from one generation to the next. You can never get rid of the scourge.

[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%.

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:well i think lazy people on welfare need to die to get rid of the generation and that culture, same thing

so racists and people on welfare are pretty much the same thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:well i think lazy people on welfare need to die to get rid of the generation and that culture, same thing

http://thegrio.com/2013/06/07/why-white-america-thinks-too-much-welfare-is-a-black-thing/

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Agree with this pretty much 100%--and it's clear she wasn't just talking about white people.

[Anonymous]

Have you seen Oprah's feet?

[Anonymous]

I agree--she doesn't mean she's wishing for them to die, just that they are not going to change their minds.