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Oprah's Receives Cecil B. DeMille Award & Talks Race, Class, Power & #MeToo Movement

 

In case you missed Orpah's powerful, moving, and emotional speech or want to watch it fifty-nine more times....  here you go. The first clip, from a fast-moving YouTuber who got it online quickly, is about Oprah receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award. The second is from her acceptance speech. 

Celebrating Oprah

Oprah's Acceptance Speech

Here's more about Recy Taylor who Oprah talks about in her speech. 

Here's more about the #MeToo Movement founder, Tarana Burke. 

Here's @Jane Ellen Stevens essay entitled, "We can't stop sex harassment by firing or incarcerating our way out; we can stop it by using ACEs science."

And here's an op-ed based on that essay that's in the Jan. 8 edition of the San Jose Mercury News: 

Opinion: What to do with harassers outed by #MeToo? Can't throw 'em all in jail

And writing by and about @Louise Godbold.  

Things have changed. Things are changing. Not all things and not everything. I know. But it's important to celebrate what we can when we can. There's less silence tonight. More listening. More believing. That matters. 

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I feel like an alien here.   But I am gonna be brave and stand my ground.   I know that you all know Ms. Winfrey has been in this business for decades - since my childhood and I’m quite old now.    She knows how things work in Hollywood.   She is one of the power players.   I cannot believe she didn’t know what was going on.  You move up in these circles by playing the game. If you are like me with a big mouth and question, you don’t, but you get to keep your integrity.   I believe Oprah was fully aware of the abuse in Hollywood. I believe she is also fully aware of the rapacious and depraved child sexual abuse that occurs there as well.   In my opinion if she were as brave and courageous as she attempts to portray herself as, she would have been speaking out about these abuses decades ago.   She definitely would have been speaking out about the child sexual abuse that is rampant there.  Have any of you see the well sourced documentary β€œAn Open Secret?” A brave woman, especially one who was abused as a child herself would have used her power to bring light to the plight of child actors.  She has either turned to the dark side where some things must be overlooked to succeed or she is writhing inside with incongruence and contradiction.   Real feminists, powerful women protect the children.    However, protecting the children would detract from the political narrative of #MeToo.   

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