Oprah Winfrey said on video that white privilege and whiteness give white people a leg up over people of color in all situations.
In a recent seminar about what it means to be white, the self-made billionaire told white people that they're racist even when they might not realize that they are racist.
During the episode - titled "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man: Part 1" - Winfrey said, "There are white people who are not as powerful as the system of white people - the caste system that's been put in place - but they still, no matter where they are on the rung, or the ladder of success, they still have their whiteness."
One woman, Lisa, told Winfrey that she - a Californian - said that even she has "Unconscious biases that white people have."
'If the white person is your problem, only the white person can be your solution'.
"I said 'Y'all live in a white cul-de-sac, in a white neighborhood, in a white city, in a white state. If you were not careful, your children will live their whole white life, and at 26, 27, they'll end up being a part of the problem, because you just let them and allowed them to live a completely white, sheltered, and cultureless life."
Acho added, "As a black person, white people - the proverbial phrase of white people - they run America. CEOs, Fortune 500 companies, execs, ownership. They run America. Not an individual white person, but collective white people."
In a recent seminar about what it means to be white, the self-made billionaire told white people that they're racist even when they might not realize that they are racist.
During the episode - titled "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man: Part 1" - Winfrey said, "There are white people who are not as powerful as the system of white people - the caste system that's been put in place - but they still, no matter where they are on the rung, or the ladder of success, they still have their whiteness."
One woman, Lisa, told Winfrey that she - a Californian - said that even she has "Unconscious biases that white people have."
'If the white person is your problem, only the white person can be your solution'.
"I said 'Y'all live in a white cul-de-sac, in a white neighborhood, in a white city, in a white state. If you were not careful, your children will live their whole white life, and at 26, 27, they'll end up being a part of the problem, because you just let them and allowed them to live a completely white, sheltered, and cultureless life."
Acho added, "As a black person, white people - the proverbial phrase of white people - they run America. CEOs, Fortune 500 companies, execs, ownership. They run America. Not an individual white person, but collective white people."
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