Oprah
Winfrey says she has no tolerance for anyone who uses the N-word
around her -- no matter the color of their skin -- saying, "You
cannot be my friend and use that word around me."Oprah -- along
with Forest Whitaker -- just spoke about the race issues
with Parade magazine to promote their new movie "The
Butler."
During
the interview, Oprah was asked about the N-word -- which becomes
extremely relevant in the wake of the racial comments made
by her former "Color Purple" co-star Rae Dawn Chong.
As
we previously reported, Rae lashed out against Oprah and said she
would have been a "field n**ger" back in the slave
days. Oprah never mentions Rae in the interview, but makes it
clear she doesn't respect people that throw that word around. "It
shows my age, but I feel strongly about [the n-word] … I always
think of the millions of people who heard that as their last word as
they were hanging from a tree.
"The
interview is interesting ... with Oprah claiming kids today don't
know "diddly-squat" about the civil rights movement. She
also explains why she thinks Martin Luther King's dream has not been
completely fulfilled.
"Are
more people judged by the content of their character than by the
color of their skin? Yes. Is everybody judged by the
content of their character? Absolutely not."
I
completely agree with Oprah, especially when the N-word is now being
used by the same blacks who fought and are still fighting so hard to
remove the word from the world's dictionary.
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