In an interview to promote “Lee Daniel’s The Butler,” Oprah Winfrey shared her thoughts on racism.
Miss Winfrey told interviewer Will Gompertz that stomping out racism would not be easy as long as old racists still roam the earth.
“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,” she said.
When asked if it has crossed her mind whether President Obama has faced racism in the White House, Oprah replied;
“Probably it’s crossed my mind more times than it’s crossed your mind… I think that there is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs in some cases and maybe even many cases because he is African American. There’s no question about that and it’s the kind of thing nobody ever says but everybody’s thinking it.”
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