Oprah is under fire for declaring that white people are innately privileged no matter their socio-economic status because they’re… white. Critics clapped back at the tv mogul, who made billions off predominantly white audiences, for being a hypocrite.
On the latest episode of AppleTV+ series The Oprah Conversation, which is produced by a company she OWNs, Winfrey and NFL star Emmanuel Acho coaxed “woke” white guests into admitting their own racism.
Oprah goaded one guest, a self-proclaimed liberal named Seth, to admit that he was racist. “You’ve become woke during this period, and realized in that awakening that you are racist, right?” She pointedly asked. “I just want to know how that happened.”
He dizzily philosophized that since he never actively challenged racism, he must innately be racist himself. “I realized I either was a racist or an anti-racist, and I wasn’t – I’m not – an anti-racist.”
When another guest brought up that “Not all white people have power. There’s plenty of poor, working-class white people,” Winfrey responded, “No matter where they are on the rung or ladder of success, they still have their whiteness.”
She went on to proclaim white people have a leg up in society: “That’s what the term ‘white privilege’ is. It means that whiteness still gives you an advantage.”
Which is rich, considering that Oprah is insanely rich. The television network owner and publisher has a personal net worth of 2.6 billion.
Critics were quick to callout that Winfrey herself is the embodiment of privilege. Take a look at the most notable shots fired:
Ted Cruz
Senator Ted Cruz was quick to call Winfrey’s remarks “racist BS.
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
JT Lewis
JT Lewis, an activist for gun rights, asked how Oprah could make billions “if America is so racist?”
https://twitter.com/thejtlewis/status/1290825944110977026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1290825944110977026%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Foprah-winfrey-white-privilege-oprah-conversation-twitter-conservatives-1522923
Wayne Dupree
Conservative podcaster Wayne Dupree called out Winfrey for “Shaming white people for all their “easy success” in life.”
Billionaire Oprah is now shaming white people for all their "easy success" in life ??♂️https://t.co/vQrgY7VzcT
— Wayne Dupree Media, LLC (@WayneDupreeShow) August 5, 2020
Todd Starnes
Conservative radio host Todd Starnes snarked that he prays for America to become a country where “Someone like Oprah will be able to become a billionaire.”
I pray for the day that America becomes a nation where someone like Oprah will be able to become a billionaire.
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) August 5, 2020
Chris Stigall
Chris Stigall, a radio personality, labeled Oprah as a “fraud.”
Said the billionaire made a billionaire by her overwhelmingly white audience. What a fraud. https://t.co/aNoUrga6SP
— Chris Stigall (@ChrisStigall) August 5, 2020
Irene Armendariz-Jackson
A republican primary candidate called Winfrey “The personification of white privilege.”
And now why is Oprah, maybe the richest black woman in the world, trying to shame white people as privileged? Miss Winfrey, you are the personification of WHITE PRIVILEGE!
— Irene Armendariz-Jackson (@ArmendarizDis16) August 4, 2020
Tim Young
Comedian Tim Young wondered why he’s not worth more than Oprah with the advantage of his whiteness.
Wait… so how am I not worth more than Oprah if my whiteness gives me an advantage? https://t.co/mofqHew4GU
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) August 4, 2020
Jesse Peterson
Political talk show host Jesse Peterson jabbed: “Hating White people is very lucrative. Ask Oprah.”
Hating White people is very lucrative.
Ask Oprah.. https://t.co/4BTfmVKkwU
— Jesse Lee Peterson (@JLPtalk) August 4, 2020
With Friends Like These…
Others were quick to remind us about the kind of company Oprah keeps.
#oprah what does this make you? pic.twitter.com/YSfpXM6XcG
— ROBBY (@ALT__BOY) August 5, 2020
Despicable…
And this picture shows that we shouldn’t forget.
As #Oprah fed trusting WHITE women to the sexual predator #HarveyWeinstein #BuggerOffOprah pic.twitter.com/5o7UgPf4O9
— Debbie (@MsDianaFrances) August 5, 2020
What a hypocrite you are Oprah, talking about “white privilege” with you and your millions and a mansion. Why don’t all you rich folks put about 25 or 30 families of our neighbors from south of the border in your homes. You have lots of room!
She definetly proved she’s a racist .. Dumb b***h got rich off of white people .
And don’t forget all the millions she makes from Weight Watchers and never looses a pound.
Cancel her.
Oprah made her fortune off of white women. Maybe she’s just a grifter turning into a race racketeer.
NOW that she has her billions, I guess the TRUTH comes out.
Just another typical liberal hypocrite. She could spend a billion of her money bringing poor blacks out of poverty and still have over a billion left. But then the former poor would start voting Republican. Cant have that.
OK, then why does Oprah straighten her hair? Looks kind of white to me.
F*** Orca windbag. Anyone who can fall for her line of shit is a liberal moron.
I saw a profound comment on Twitter (I wish I’d thought of it, but I can’t claim it). It said something like, “Tell that to the poor white kid with good grades, who couldn’t get into the college of his choice because of affirmative action”.
There are more white people having hard times in the USA then any minority group and always have been.
I am so sorry I am white!!!!
I would love to see Okra go to some homeless white man and tell him about his
Leg up he has because he is white. Same for LaBraun.
Really Oprah? How did you being black hurt your ascent to being a billionaire? Instead of appreciating the country that gave you the opportunity to achieve such heights, you have decided to say that people of color cannot achieve anything in their lives because of their race. Oprah, you are an example that what you are saying is not true.
My parents were white, they lived through the depression and world war II and had barely enough to eat. My father painted houses for a living and I went around with holes in my shoes.
I never thought Oprah was a racist, but I see now that she is.
Funny, it didn’t feel like white privilege when the black CEO of my former employer, who was also on one of Obama’s councils, laid us all off. She was on an export council, she exported all OUR jobs overseas.
yes thank god, thank god, thank god for whiteness. You ever see someone paint their house Black?
Thank God, Thank God.
Oprah Winfrey finally is showing that she is a Racist.
Oprah must wish that she was white because she likes to wear wigs and not show her natural hair.
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