Winfrey espouses [[New age movement|new-age]] spiritual views and has been called the first new-age pope. She is on the record as denying that [[salvation]] is solely through [[Christ]].<ref>[http://metrovoicenews.com/oprahs-god-2/ Oprah’s God. What the Entertainment Mogul Thinks About Salvation]</ref>
During an interview with the [[BBC]] in 2013, Winfrey infamously stated that older white people, "just have to die," in order to solve [[racism]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1sWsn1Q8lk</ref><ref>http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/oprah-old-racists-have-die-progress</ref><ref>https://www.infowars.com/snopes-debunks-itself-on-oprahs-white-people-just-have-to-die-controversy/</ref><ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/01/08/flashback-oprah-said-generations-of-old-people-just-have-to-die-to-end-racism-video/</ref> [[Snopes]] and [[The Weekly Standard]] bizarrely defended these comments.<ref>https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oprah-winfrey-old-white-people-have-to-die/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/fact-check-did-oprah-say-all-white-people-have-to-die</ref>
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