Ted Cruz had a lot to say about Oprah after she discussed racism and white privilege in America on her new series “The Oprah Conversation” for Apple TV +
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The Texas senator took it upon himself to bash Oprah after she discussed racism with former NFL linebacker and web series host of “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man” Emmanuel Acho. Oprah stated during the episode that “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. You still have your whiteness. That’s what the term ‘white privilege’ is. It means that whiteness still gives you an advantage, no matter,”
However, Sen. Cruz felt differently and called Oprah’s statement “What utter, racist BS” on Twitter. His tweet led to several other conservatives and “fans” of the media mogul to express their feelings about her statement.
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
“that’s what the term white privilege means…that whiteness still gives you a leg up.” here’s a video of Oprah, a billionaire, telling poor white people that they still have a leg up over her simply because of their “whiteness.”
yeah, this is really goofy. on so many levels. pic.twitter.com/KXBIyJIZ96
— Jared C. (@jayctigerfan) August 5, 2020
Said the billionaire made a billionaire by her overwhelmingly white audience. What a fraud. https://t.co/aNoUrga6SP
— Chris Stigall (@ChrisStigall) August 5, 2020
The majority of Oprah’s customers/audience have always been white women.
Seems the portly prevaricator is experiencing black guilt.
— Mike (@mikeandersonsr) August 5, 2020
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Many supporters on Oprah retweeted Cruz’s tweet and called him out on not fully understanding her points on white privilege in America. They also noted that he doesn’t know what it’s like to be a Black person or a person of color who has endured systemic racism.
Huh?
This guy doesn’t remember when Oprah was denied access to a high end store because they thought she was a African Migrant ….Or Im sure the many times throughout her successful career where she had to placate to her white audience to keep them comfy. https://t.co/Gn1IG9x8KK
— Kojo Ebro (@oldmanebro) August 5, 2020
What does Oprah being a billionaire have to do with her pointing out white privilege? https://t.co/zPOWO4FIIi
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) August 5, 2020
.@Oprah who has achieved more success than hundreds of millions of whites in this country will ever acheive, and she’s out there telling them to shut up and sit down because they are privileged. #givemeabreak #WhitePrivilege https://t.co/9scrut5B3c
— CryptozLurker (@CryptozLurker) August 5, 2020
F*** you….she’s had to work 2x as hard to become the billionaire she is today. You continue to have no clue what white privilege is because you don’t care to know. https://t.co/B4MHSbgYQ4
— Merodac Beraki (@MerodacBeraki) August 5, 2020
Note the seething envy in @tedcruz‘s tweet. It’s echoed in all the #GOPRacists tweets about #Oprah. They hate the uppity black woman. How dare she speak the truth when whites have ‘allowed’ her to succeed? Don’t ever forget that @GOP is a white supremacist party. https://t.co/qBUgLSqM9J
— Michael Grant (@MichaelGrantBks) August 5, 2020
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