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|birth_date=January 29, 1954

|birth_place=Kosciusko, [[Mississippi]]

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'''Oprah Winfrey''' is a successful talk show host, and is one of the richest [[African-American]]s of all time, and is considered one of the most influential. She owns and runs the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).

'''Oprah Winfrey''' is a successful talk show host, and is one of the richest [[African-American]]s of all time, and is considered one of the most influential. She owns and runs the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).

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://archives.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> In 2020, Winfrey accused lower-class white people of possessing "[[white privilege]]."<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/billionaire-oprah-winfrey-lectures-poor-white-people-white-privilege-video/</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://archives.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> In 2020, Winfrey accused lower-class white people of possessing "[[white privilege]]."<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/billionaire-oprah-winfrey-lectures-poor-white-people-white-privilege-video/</ref>

==Origin of Name==

==Origin of name==

 

Oprah's name was actually supposed to be that of the biblical figure [[Orpah]]. However, it was misspelled on her birth certificate.<ref>[http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0int-1]</ref> It might also be an example of [[metathesis]], since the consonant cluster 'pr' is considered easier to pronounce than 'rp.'

Oprah's name was actually supposed to be that of the biblical figure [[Orpah]]. However, it was misspelled on her birth certificate.<ref>[http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0int-1]</ref> It might also be an example of [[metathesis]], since the consonant cluster 'pr' is considered easier to pronounce than 'rp.'

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