Oprah Winfrey said that critics of Barack Obama are motivated by racism, and that ultimately, demographic pruning would be needed to stamp out racism, the Huffington Post reported Friday. 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 told the BBCs Will Gompertz. Gompertz also asked Winfrey if it had ever crossed her mind that Obama has faced racism. Probably its crossed my mind more times than its crossed your mind, she said. 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. Theres no question about that and its the kind of thing nobody ever says but everybodys thinking it. This is not the first time Winfrey has made such statements regarding race. Earlier this year, she falsely claimed that millions of blacks were lynched because of race. You cannot be my friend and use that word around me. It shows my age, but I feel strongly about it. … I always think of the millions of people who heard that as their last word as they were hanging from a tree, she told Parade magazine in July. The Tuskegee Institute, however, put the number of lynchings between 1882 and 1968 at 4,743, far short of the millions claimed by Winfrey. Since Obamas 2008 election, liberals have reacted like Pavlovs dogs to any criticism of the president with false accusations of racism. MSNBC, for example, claimed that saying Chicago or golf is racist, while others have gone off the deep end, suggesting that calling Juan Williams by his first name is racist. Even worse, a Portland school claimed it could spot racism in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich while dry asparagus prompted accusations of racism against a Missouri grocery store. A post at Weasel Zippers had a short message for Winfrey: Stuff a sock in it, Oprah. examiner/article/oprah-winfrey-obama-s-critics-motivated-by-racism-death-is-the-answer
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 22:41:02 +0000
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