It was a speech that only Oprah
could do. The entire Golden Globes award show was unique given by the Hollywood
Foreign Press in that all the actors and actresses chose to wear black in
solidarity for the “Me Too” and “Time’s Up” movement of people having the
courage to speak up and protest sexual abuse everywhere. Even the press spoke
about the assault on them with all the fake news out there. It was an award
show like no other.
Oprah was there to receive the
Cecil B. Demille award for career achievement like George Clooney won in 2015, Denzel
Washington got in 2016 and Meryl Streep was awarded in 2017. This year it was
Oprah’s turn and she accepted the honor in her own unique way that we are all accustomed
to hearing from her. We all grew up with her watching her talk show for years,
viewing her movies , reading her magazine, craving her generosity when she gave
away cars to her entire audience or granting full educations to the suppressed and listening to her warm inspiration on
serious issues. She never spoke to just a black audience, she spoke to
everyone.
Oprah has been speaking up about
sexual harassment all her career. She spoke about harassment in many places but
she left out speaking up about the sexual predator in the White House who likes
to grab women by the pussy and has 19 women speak up about his unwanted sexual
advances. Why isn’t the cry loud enough demanding that Trump steps down from
his job? Well, now people are wishing that Oprah will make a run to be
President in 2020. Hey! If Trump can be President with no political background,
no military service or knowledge of international affairs, I guess another TV
personality can be President to. But she in her acquired wealth came from a
humble background and spent her life uplifting people, being empathetic to
people’s needs in a humanitarian way. Trump’s popularity rose from being a powerful
driven leader who took pride in firing people. Sigh!
Award shows aren’t supposed to be
about activism but between giving actors and actresses awards for their film
prowess, a message of no nonsense anymore came out clear. Her acceptance speech
was an unscripted natural and free from inside her, master class in speech making. Unlike Trump
who makes you cringe every time he opens his mouth, she was inspirational. She said that she was hopeful for the time
when no one has to say “me too” on sexual abuse ever again. She is the living
example of overcoming obstacle’s. Her life was a path to overcoming rejection,
discrimination and being marginalized.
She spoke of the inspiration of
seeing the first black man receiving an award on TV, Sidney Poitier but she
didn’t mention our first black President Obama. She spoke of a little known black
woman who was raped and law officials did little or nothing to find her rapist.
Oprah didn’t mention hew own sexual abuse as a child. There is a new
documentary called The Rape of Recy Taylor for everyone to see. Many black
women were raped since slavery days and their cries went ignored but Recy
Taylor spoke up and exposed the lack of justice for rape victims.
In 1988 Oprah spoke up on a show
about her abuse from a 19 year old cousin who raped her. In 1986 she became the
first black woman to host her own nationally syndicated talk show. Oprah never shies
away from discussing uncomfortable topics but she does it in a natural
comfortable way that includes you in the discussion. Her platform throughout
the years is to give a voice to the voiceless and to empower us all. Trump has
managed to divide the world and made us all just want to scream out loud
wearing our worn out protest shoes.
Before this year when so many
famous and important men have fallen off their pedestal Oprah did a popular
show where grown men held up their photos of them at the young age when pedophile
priests abused them. That was years ago. She gave those abuse victims a voice. Will
she give America a new voice in 2020? She just might be rich and powerful
enough to take on Trump and his thugs in the next election.
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