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  • Опубликовано: 26 окт 2023
  • After reading the memoir "Black Like Me," a white teen darkens his skin and goes undercover as a Black man to experience life as a member of a different race. This program won an NAACP Image Award. (Original air date: January 16, 2012)
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  • @OWN
    @OWN  7 месяцев назад +42

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    • @jamielim5059
      @jamielim5059 7 месяцев назад +1

      We don’t have it in Singapore 🇸🇬 😭😭😭

    • @Assata_Shakur
      @Assata_Shakur 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@jamielim5059You don’t have what, RACISM? I seriously doubt that, but what you do have is CANING!

    • @Reticence9zen924
      @Reticence9zen924 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@jamielim5059I th

    • @Reticence9zen924
      @Reticence9zen924 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Assata_ShakurIt's possibly about not having the Oprah Winfrey Network in Singapore.

    • @Reverend-Race-Horsey
      @Reverend-Race-Horsey 5 месяцев назад +1

      Obviously this episode wouldn't be able to air today! 😂

  • @medinahhagan-morgan6425
    @medinahhagan-morgan6425 7 месяцев назад +136

    “It’s the day to day wearing down of the spirit!” .

  • @coreypatrick7230
    @coreypatrick7230 6 месяцев назад +290

    No one anywhere in the whole world believes it until they live it. The stories I could tell.

    • @hectormanuel9793
      @hectormanuel9793 6 месяцев назад +8

      The most racists people I have ever dealt with are black and many friends and family members refuse to deal with them in a any situation, but I'm talking about african-americans, blacks in other parts of the world tend to be wonderful! You could tell me stories, Let me tell you some stories that makes my skin crawl just remembering them!

    • @phyllisasinyanbi1995
      @phyllisasinyanbi1995 6 месяцев назад

      Prejudice + Power = Racism

    • @pinky-ud1rt
      @pinky-ud1rt 6 месяцев назад +2

      Amen hun

    • @mikivanduyn9630
      @mikivanduyn9630 6 месяцев назад +11

      ​@@hectormanuel9793Poc can't be racist racisme is systemic,poc can only be pregedist.

    • @LolitaAdoreHaze
      @LolitaAdoreHaze 6 месяцев назад +9

      ​@@mikivanduyn9630 The definition of racism is a belief that race is a fundamental determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race; also: behavior or attitudes that reflect and foster this belief: racial discrimination or prejudice.

  • @1thetvzone
    @1thetvzone 7 месяцев назад +236

    Oprah needs to interview him 30 yrs later

    • @user-kf5kt7op9u
      @user-kf5kt7op9u 6 месяцев назад +16

      Mr Otis Graham sadly died.

    • @casey4602
      @casey4602 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@user-kf5kt7op9u😢RIP

    • @Poo531
      @Poo531 6 месяцев назад +15

      @@user-kf5kt7op9u Oh wow!, I’m so sorry to hear that! Smh 😢

    • @yellowfeline6491
      @yellowfeline6491 6 месяцев назад

      @@user-kf5kt7op9u I hope taking the pills didn't contribute to his passing.

    • @jlind4690
      @jlind4690 6 месяцев назад

      Agree!

  • @AngelaM731
    @AngelaM731 6 месяцев назад +146

    This story is still relevant today.
    Discrimination still exists from the top all the way to the bottom of the totem pole.

    • @skip031890
      @skip031890 6 месяцев назад +5

      People have a right to discriminate. Get over it. 🙄

    • @IVY-jr7io
      @IVY-jr7io 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@skip031890Yup.. but when the people discrimination attitude falls into economics that is a personal problem. Keep it toward yourself not daily economics of living

    • @mikivanduyn9630
      @mikivanduyn9630 6 месяцев назад +14

      ​@@skip031890no they dont...its called a hate crime,and hate crimes are against the law.

    • @skip031890
      @skip031890 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@mikivanduyn9630 Wow, you need to grow up.

    • @keshaestevan3623
      @keshaestevan3623 6 месяцев назад

      @@skip031890Wow need to Stfup I hope you get fired from you’re job for you’re racism

  • @denardjones7077
    @denardjones7077 7 месяцев назад +500

    STILL accurate and 100% Credible in 2023!

    • @princessndlovu4869
      @princessndlovu4869 7 месяцев назад +20

      I thought I had experienced racism back in high school until I realized my classmate had a devastating fear of germs!!! The boy would wipe everything that I had touched before using it & eventually I uttered " It's not contagious Matthew"referring to my blackness to which he replied" It's the germs & bacteria i worry about" needles to say I felt really bad as I had bad mouthed the poor guy & made him out to be this racist. Sometimes even us as black people we tend to look for racism and are almost always waiting for it.

    • @beea.9435
      @beea.9435 7 месяцев назад +17

      Even worse

    • @johnwebb2442
      @johnwebb2442 7 месяцев назад +8

      True

    • @vaimende
      @vaimende 6 месяцев назад +1

      What year was this?

    • @ElaineSewell
      @ElaineSewell 6 месяцев назад +17

      ⁠@@princessndlovu4869if it didn’t exist we wouldn’t even be on guard

  • @AntoinetteMPetty
    @AntoinetteMPetty 6 месяцев назад +105

    I still cry in 2023 as I did when this episode first aired. People want believe things have changed but, unfortunately, it really haven't. It's a shame 🫠

    • @LolitaAdoreHaze
      @LolitaAdoreHaze 6 месяцев назад +6

      I live in Indiana on the border of Ohio and everybody gets along with each other. Annual fireworks. The outdoor park including the water feature. The large duck pond. The picnic table areas. The outdoor swimming pool. Grocery shopping. My neighborhood. My apartment complex. We even have popular bars in the city. I once had a really nice black man ask me where a good bar was. I gave him the name and the directions he thanked me then went on his way. I would feel comfortable around him any day of the week.

    • @AntoinetteMPetty
      @AntoinetteMPetty 6 месяцев назад +14

      Maybe read the replies of others before discrediting my point of view. I never said all was terrible, I said my people still live that reality in 2023. Both your view and my views can be true at the same time ⏲️

    • @a.s3523
      @a.s3523 5 месяцев назад +5

      ​@LolitaAdoreHaze "I once had a really nice black man ask me (xyz...). I would feel comfortable around him any day of the week."
      That part was off-key, imo. But I don't have the time & energy at this moment to describe why I think that, maybe I'll come back when I do...

    • @LolitaAdoreHaze
      @LolitaAdoreHaze 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@a.s3523 I live in a mixed city, in a mixed community, in a mixed apartment complex. I have lived in the same city for nearly thirty years. We do not have racial tension issues here. We do not live in an alternate reality bubble. This is not an episode of The Twilight Zone.

    • @USMC-cv5sd
      @USMC-cv5sd 5 месяцев назад +5

      Definitely, some things have changed , like blacks are more likely to be able to shop on Madison Avenue in NYC, or Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
      I'm from Boston, and black people live in places they could have never lived in before.

  • @1980Isek
    @1980Isek 6 месяцев назад +90

    She was worried that her white child would be treated like an actual black and end up killed by the police or in jail. She just to nice to say it.

    • @user-be7tc2bd6e
      @user-be7tc2bd6e 6 месяцев назад +17

      So true. At least she was honest enough to said she feared for his safety,as either color.

    • @adriennesnider2053
      @adriennesnider2053 6 месяцев назад +1

      Bingo.. At least she's honest

    • @dereckdean578
      @dereckdean578 5 месяцев назад +1

      100

    • @Colourbash
      @Colourbash 5 месяцев назад +3

      Too nice to say? Or just didn't want to admit it? (Cause that would imply she knows how bad it could be)

  • @alejandromatias2150
    @alejandromatias2150 5 месяцев назад +18

    I started laughing when she said he was black for a week and he couldn't take it .

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 6 месяцев назад +10

    Every American should watch this.

  • @mariebrunson9078
    @mariebrunson9078 6 месяцев назад +20

    All by the Grace of God has kept the black race. Love my black brothers and sisters.

  • @lozarkderccy3254
    @lozarkderccy3254 6 месяцев назад +73

    Lawrence speaking facts. Actually everyone was. This episode is so good and still relevant AF. It’s sad really.

  • @lt3074
    @lt3074 7 месяцев назад +29

    I never saw this episode of Oprah. Thanks for posting.

  • @ntandosekay
    @ntandosekay 6 месяцев назад +27

    Rest in power Lawrence Otis Graham 💔

    • @chijiobi7760
      @chijiobi7760 6 месяцев назад +3

      Was really sad when I learnt of his death. I think he died during the Pandemic. He wrote great books.

    • @CharlesMcKinneyIV
      @CharlesMcKinneyIV 5 месяцев назад

      Was he the Ivy-league educated lawyer?

  • @karlabanks4908
    @karlabanks4908 6 месяцев назад +84

    Very accurate. I remember this in real time & thought how wonderful Oprah was to bring this to light.

    • @user-be7tc2bd6e
      @user-be7tc2bd6e 6 месяцев назад +5

      Oprah is so-GORGEOUS-in this episode and has very pretty,brown eyes.

    • @jessicacoates1611
      @jessicacoates1611 6 месяцев назад

      Before she was devil, hate her

    • @jessicacoates1611
      @jessicacoates1611 6 месяцев назад +2

      So now we can pick our gender and skin

    • @jessicacoates1611
      @jessicacoates1611 6 месяцев назад +2

      Where is any proof of any of this

    • @LolitaAdoreHaze
      @LolitaAdoreHaze 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@jessicacoates1611 The Oprah Winfrey Show. Chicago Illinois. I have been to Chicago myself multiple times. My husband is a musician in his spare time. There are problems within the black community. The housing areas are very separated creating an outlier effect. If the episode had been filmed in the city where we live in Indiana on the border of Ohio it would have never aired. We live in a mixed area, in a mixed neighborhood, in a mixed apartment complex. Everybody is treated the same and everybody gets along with each other. We are a melting pot city among many, many, many others.

  • @tobeornottobe9533
    @tobeornottobe9533 6 месяцев назад +49

    20:26 brilliant. ‘I’m not gonna let the ignorance of society affect how I live my life. ‘ well said.

    • @akwaabab8504
      @akwaabab8504 6 месяцев назад

      let me guess...you are non Black!

  • @nubian5786
    @nubian5786 6 месяцев назад +41

    As a black woman, I don’t go where I am not welcome,

    • @msenlightened
      @msenlightened 5 месяцев назад +1

      Do you live in a overwhelming predominantly white area?

    • @teresawicks-kq3bq
      @teresawicks-kq3bq 5 месяцев назад +6

      ​@msenlightened , she may, and she may not. The point is, is that she don't go to their homes or in their spaces😊

    • @Cabledeluz1977
      @Cabledeluz1977 4 месяца назад +1

      As a man of different ethnicities, I don’t go where I’m welcomed either. It don’t matter what hood it is, even if it’s on the side of the road and it’s under a car hood

    • @jasonspades1265
      @jasonspades1265 27 дней назад +1

      You say that as if we all don't follow that rule.

  • @artistenovice1407
    @artistenovice1407 7 месяцев назад +43

    Oprah says she's 41 years old in this episode. In that case, this episode would have been aired in 1995 and not 2012.

    • @princessndlovu4869
      @princessndlovu4869 7 месяцев назад +23

      True!!! I just have to look at her appearance & immediately know that this is from way back in the 90's.

    • @dianapatterson449
      @dianapatterson449 6 месяцев назад +8

      And??? who cares what year it's from? It is still revelent.

    • @4u2cre8
      @4u2cre8 6 месяцев назад +9

      Yeah I knew right away this was early to mid 90's.

    • @jaythethinker3994
      @jaythethinker3994 6 месяцев назад +7

      That’s the year it was uploaded not the year of the show. That use to confuse me all the time

    • @simplysarah0310
      @simplysarah0310 6 месяцев назад +2

      Well her show ended in 2011 anyway so I was so confused by that! Plus this is her 90s hair lol

  • @ms.suzylucy6868
    @ms.suzylucy6868 6 месяцев назад +29

    This show reminded me of a lot of the racism that I have experienced simply living in the predominantly white county here in Maryland (2023) for almost four years. Oftentimes, I truly believe that things will never change and I’m constantly reminded that we haven’t come all that far after all.

  • @masilomorake2876
    @masilomorake2876 6 месяцев назад +44

    The Oprah Winfrey Show is my all time favourite tv show. I'm a black South African, and after apartheid, racism really went down, only because we are the majority, as black people. I can't imagine, what it's like, to be African American. I'm scared to visit America.

    • @DC-cv9ch
      @DC-cv9ch 6 месяцев назад +6

      Please come visit America. This show is very old. Please don't believe everything in the media.

    • @SE-gs6gd
      @SE-gs6gd 6 месяцев назад +7

      The things you hear are absolutely true and you should come to the US. We love our African brothers and sisters

    • @MrHello-nx4xs
      @MrHello-nx4xs 6 месяцев назад

      @@DC-cv9chThere is nothing old about the truth. Racism is the US is alive and well as ever.

    • @kbjones3
      @kbjones3 6 месяцев назад +13

      Don’t be scared. Just be aware. 😢

    • @mikivanduyn9630
      @mikivanduyn9630 6 месяцев назад +8

      its even worse after 2016...

  • @malijaqueline7625
    @malijaqueline7625 6 месяцев назад +13

    Good thing so many phone cameras are available to record the fact that the same things go on today. It's getting harder for people to deny that these things happen.

  • @Midnight_manna
    @Midnight_manna 7 месяцев назад +94

    I remember when this episode first aired. Still very relevant today, in 2023.

    • @rls4072
      @rls4072 6 месяцев назад +2

      Losing victim rights can be costly!🙃😂🥵

    • @FreedomofSpeech865
      @FreedomofSpeech865 6 месяцев назад +1

      Sadly so!

    • @originaldeftom
      @originaldeftom 6 месяцев назад +4

      In the description it says first aired 2012 but I am dead sure this was early 9oies given how Oprah looks. Tell me the right date please. (I find it so annoying when videos do not state the original airing date)

    • @mikivanduyn9630
      @mikivanduyn9630 6 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@originaldeftom1994...the month I dont know.

    • @simplysarah0310
      @simplysarah0310 6 месяцев назад

      @@originaldeftomThat’s what I was thinking too. I watched every one of her shows from the time it aired and I remember this hairstyle being more in the 90s so I am confused why it says 2012.

  • @zakila2cute
    @zakila2cute 6 месяцев назад +41

    I wept like a baby while watching this episode because like Oprah said, blacks and whites both are not aware of how racism distorts one’s psyche.

    • @Bantuqueen01
      @Bantuqueen01 5 месяцев назад

      What people don’t understand is that this is a spiritual thing.. two different seeds from two different bloodline. Genesis 3:15

    • @user-mf3rz8tz6p
      @user-mf3rz8tz6p 14 дней назад +1

      ​@@Bantuqueen01explain

  • @GeneralHafeezah
    @GeneralHafeezah 6 месяцев назад +22

    Great Show needs to be done so much more! This show needs to play in all high schools

  • @jilldowding-walker8066
    @jilldowding-walker8066 6 месяцев назад +103

    I remember this episode. It remains as true today as it was then!
    Another episode I remember was a lady who made an experiment by dividing the audience into those who had blue eyes from brown eyes. I would love to see this one again!

    • @brianpoulin1086
      @brianpoulin1086 6 месяцев назад

      You mean Americans are racist after electing a Black man, not once, but twice, to be President of the United States? Can you explain that to me - how America is racist.

    • @vickyrogers-burks5105
      @vickyrogers-burks5105 6 месяцев назад +10

      Her name is Jane Elliott.✌🏿

    • @yvonneratcliff47
      @yvonneratcliff47 6 месяцев назад +8

      The white people in the audience were so upset (understandably). However, most of them still seemed to feel that the experiment was more harsh than actual, true racism.
      They were too privileged to relate to the lesson. They just were not ready for it.
      I actually applaud the young lady who said she never knew it was that bad. She thought it was only the kikiki, not every day people being racist. I think she really had an AHA MOMENT.

    • @yvonneratcliff47
      @yvonneratcliff47 6 месяцев назад +2

      This episode was actually phenomenal. Unfortunately it was ahead of its time and people couldn't appreciate it as a lesson in racism the way it was intended.
      I actually applaud the young lady who said she never knew it was "that" bad. She thought it was only the kikiki who were racist, not every day people behaving so mean. I think she really had an AHA MOMENT on the show. I would love to know if she made any changes personally as a result of this episode.

    • @therealbrowns5214
      @therealbrowns5214 6 месяцев назад +6

      Love Jane Elliot

  • @missymanny8286
    @missymanny8286 6 месяцев назад +14

    Anyone else thinking of the SNL Eddie Murphy skit when he went undercover as Mr White?

  • @yvonneratcliff47
    @yvonneratcliff47 6 месяцев назад +69

    This episode was actually phenomenal. Unfortunately it was ahead of its time and it seems that people couldn't appreciate it as a lesson in racism the way it was intended.
    I actually applaud the young lady in the blue top, blonde hair, who said she never knew it was "that" bad. She thought it was only the kikiki who were racist, not every day people behaving so mean. I think she really had an AHA MOMENT on the show. I would love to know if she made any changes personally as a result of this episode.

    • @michaelbrinks8089
      @michaelbrinks8089 5 месяцев назад

      Yeah it's bad, try being a white guy walking alone through a black neighborhood day or night.

    • @michaele.stovall6364
      @michaele.stovall6364 4 месяца назад +6

      ​​​@@michaelbrinks8089not the same.. don't start now😂😂

  • @Nature_Due143
    @Nature_Due143 7 месяцев назад +111

    I’ve always loved Oprah’s energy. She really has been a powerfully positive influence on this world. ❤

    • @alvinsavage7701
      @alvinsavage7701 6 месяцев назад +5

      She was definitely a force to be reckoned with back in the day

    • @Judy-ge4cu
      @Judy-ge4cu 6 месяцев назад +9

      Maybe she could build her mansions in our black neighborhoods & open up some businesses 👍I wonder why not

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber 6 месяцев назад +4

      She used to be *wonderful* • then she unleashed Dr Phil & Dr Oz on the world, & promoting a lot of pseudoscience • however over all her influence has been far more good than poor, & this episode is great • heartbreaking, but well‐done.

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber 6 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@Judy-ge4cu I fully agree. I feel greed destroys even the kindest people so many times.

    • @jamzyy
      @jamzyy 6 месяцев назад +4

      Do not be deceived.

  • @sonyabolden9652
    @sonyabolden9652 7 месяцев назад +19

    Nothing has changed in 2023

  • @RS-dm4yo
    @RS-dm4yo 7 месяцев назад +117

    It's amazing how I've heard so many black people say Oprah only caters to white women when I've personally seen so many episodes where she's really articulating the black experience!! And saying this is what it is. She's literally done 100s of shows devoted to this topic. The people who say this obviously only watched an episode here and there. WTF was she supposed to do, talk about this every episode????

    • @siddaye
      @siddaye 7 месяцев назад +4

      @RS-dm4yo well I guess so yeah they expect the same thing to be done over and over

    • @RS-dm4yo
      @RS-dm4yo 7 месяцев назад +34

      ​@@siddayeHonestly, I feel she articulates it better than anyone in entertainment. She threw a whole multi-million dollar ball just to honor black women legends in entertainment. Sent 100 black men on full scholarship to Morehouse College. Spike Lee was on her show in the 90s and thanked her for giving money to him to finish the movie the way he wanted as the studio heads didn't give him the adequate budget to do Malcolm X justice. Built a school in Africa for black girls. And this is just a fraction of what she does for her own people. People are just never satisfied.

    • @siddaye
      @siddaye 7 месяцев назад +15

      @@RS-dm4yo that is because oprah is not crass nor ratchet so it's not a surprise

    • @andreabrown4541
      @andreabrown4541 6 месяцев назад +1

      I know why!

    • @angelanevitt5749
      @angelanevitt5749 6 месяцев назад +5

      This is a old show 😂

  • @tobeornottobe9533
    @tobeornottobe9533 6 месяцев назад +12

    The fact that the people didn’t even tell the man what time it was! WOWWW

  • @roxannemoser
    @roxannemoser 6 месяцев назад +14

    Unbelievable that racism is worse in 2023.

  • @coreygatling9924
    @coreygatling9924 6 месяцев назад +14

    I love how comfortable Oprah is

  • @user-lt6vj4gq4l
    @user-lt6vj4gq4l 4 месяца назад +4

    What a beautiful young man ….
    to walk in another’s footsteps
    the truth unfolds !

  • @mamoyoT
    @mamoyoT 6 месяцев назад +8

    I am a black midwife who for 5 years I am fighting accusations regarding the death of a baby I did not cause. I need legal fees. I have none. God please help me. Please pray for me.

    • @Rebecca-hc5ju
      @Rebecca-hc5ju Месяц назад

      Contact Jennie Joseph in Orlando, FL.

  • @ILikeitLikeDat3983
    @ILikeitLikeDat3983 6 месяцев назад +24

    Oprah it’s time to do this again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @martijobarrett4527
      @martijobarrett4527 6 месяцев назад +5

      I'm sure things would be QUITE different. Agreed!!

    • @ILikeitLikeDat3983
      @ILikeitLikeDat3983 6 месяцев назад

      I agree. With the advances in technology and make up you could walk into a skinhead/klan/mason meeting and really become the fly on the wall. FACTS!

    • @KnowWhat
      @KnowWhat 6 месяцев назад

      @@martijobarrett4527Right! It’s worse today… there’s more aggression towards non-whites. E.g. White people seemed shocked to see what happened to George Floyd …..Nobody black was shocked.

    • @ThomasSmith-dx9wq
      @ThomasSmith-dx9wq 6 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@martijobarrett4527 I seriously doubt it! What has changed? Racism has come out the closest again, when Obama was elected President and when trump took over white people really felt compelled to show their racist thoughts!!

  • @peanutbutterandjelly5066
    @peanutbutterandjelly5066 6 месяцев назад +17

    Wow, what an outstanding and intelligent Ivy-League-trained Lawyer, Journalist/Author! I read his book and I highly recommend it. Excellent interview Ms. Winfrey!!! But Who would have thought that today, in 2023, eleven years from the date of this show, Mr. Lawrence Otis Graham passed away at age 59 (Feb 19, 2021) from unknown causes at his home in Chappaqua, N.Y. RIP Mr. Graham.

  • @helenamensah7274
    @helenamensah7274 6 месяцев назад +9

    1995! What a year but it’s still relevant nearly 30 years later! Kwame was a cutie ☺️ too

  • @DivaDawn9
    @DivaDawn9 7 месяцев назад +45

    Thank you so much for posting this. Whenever I refer to this episode, most people don't remember it. I wonder where is he now🤔

  • @bluesquirrel3919
    @bluesquirrel3919 6 месяцев назад +12

    Before it went out of business, went X-mas shopping at Carson, Pirie Scott, spent a couple of hundred dollars. Next morning (opened around 10 am, store was basically empty of customers), before I had to be at work, went back to buy one more gift, and noticed I was being followed around the store, immediately turned around and walked out.
    Got home that evening, gathered up every item purchased the day before, including receipts, and, next day returned it ALL. Never went into that department store again.

  • @brookeally1346
    @brookeally1346 5 месяцев назад +6

    I love Oprah! Sadly a lot hasn’t changed. Everyone needs to watch this.

  • @kida758
    @kida758 7 месяцев назад +44

    Brilliant! Absolutely BRILLIANT episode that exposes the horrific realities of this country- past and present! Oprah's interviewing style and questions were impeccable-to emphasize the big picture/subject matter. The perfect mix of empathy, humor, and seriousness. Laurence Otis Graham(RIP) is on a whole other level of BRILLIANT...I could listen to him talk all day. So happy this full episode was re-uploaded...so those of us who were born in the 90's...can compare it today. Wonderful food for thought and the psyche when analyzing your life experience!

    • @Dallas3212
      @Dallas3212 6 месяцев назад +2

      And much hasn't changed now has it?

  • @lisasmith4296
    @lisasmith4296 6 месяцев назад +14

    Back when the Oprah show was good!

  • @ArtHistoryProfessor
    @ArtHistoryProfessor 6 месяцев назад +12

    This show originally aired in 1995, NOT 2012!!!

  • @itsvonnieb
    @itsvonnieb 6 месяцев назад +19

    What an interesting guy, you are Josh.

  • @user-hf7yg9yp2o
    @user-hf7yg9yp2o 7 месяцев назад +22

    I was so impressed by Lawrence Otis Graham in this episode. I see that he wrote several books, was married with 3 children and died in 2021.

    • @ShartySpice
      @ShartySpice 7 месяцев назад +3

      Married...to a woman? That's a plot twist.

    • @Myraisins1
      @Myraisins1 6 месяцев назад +10

      @@ShartySpice He mentioned his wife in this episode. Rest in peace to him. He seemed amazing.

    • @Poo531
      @Poo531 6 месяцев назад

      Wonder how he died?

    • @feliciaholley-loveless2343
      @feliciaholley-loveless2343 6 месяцев назад +1

      What???!!! My condolences to his wife and children. My brother, Blanton Holley didn’t write a book, but he passed away in 2012 also

    • @judigemini178
      @judigemini178 4 месяца назад +1

      He certainly made his mark, may he rest in peace

  • @Nicollettej120
    @Nicollettej120 6 месяцев назад +9

    I read the book too and it’s an eye opening and hard to read. The treatment of my people is still difficult but I refused to hate because others do it. Hatred is not and never will be good.

  • @TooCoolforCardi
    @TooCoolforCardi 6 месяцев назад +15

    I really wish Oprah hadn’t cut Josh off about what he discovered and his experiences as a black man because he barely got to say anything! 🙄🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️
    Also, I very much appreciated the sincere, discreet, open and mature approach he took for doing what he did. I respect the fact that he didn’t do it for anyone else but himself.

    • @martijobarrett4527
      @martijobarrett4527 6 месяцев назад +7

      She cut him off every chance she got ... or "Mm Hmmed" him to death. 🙄She was dismissive unless she got the answers she was looking for down the alleys she led. She was always like that. 👎👎

    • @gforceforever
      @gforceforever 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@martijobarrett4527, BINGO!

    • @jassbass8153
      @jassbass8153 6 месяцев назад +2

      ✨️

  • @NovemberReigne
    @NovemberReigne 6 месяцев назад +24

    We black people live every day being black since birth and are hella strong. We make the best out of life and function. Joshua only could emotionally do this for two days and then he gave up.

    • @mikivanduyn9630
      @mikivanduyn9630 6 месяцев назад

      5 days...

    • @pinkrose372
      @pinkrose372 6 месяцев назад +5

      Im glad i live in the caribbean we dont have to go through racism on a daily basis

    • @Aintnobodycomingtoseeuotis
      @Aintnobodycomingtoseeuotis 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@pinkrose372please tell me what part of the Caribbean you’re in that you don’t have to deal with racism?

    • @celestialbronzewarrior4937
      @celestialbronzewarrior4937 6 месяцев назад

      @@Aintnobodycomingtoseeuotis I want to know too!

    • @Bantuqueen01
      @Bantuqueen01 5 месяцев назад +1

      @MsIntense6845 But we are a special people.

  • @tinastardust7793
    @tinastardust7793 6 месяцев назад +25

    That British dude talking at the end is WRONG! In the UK, racism and classism runs DEEP. I sure would like to hear from him today!

    • @j5nnyt
      @j5nnyt 6 месяцев назад +2

      Yes, he needed to give more specific examples when comparing the two countries

    • @pamsimth8018
      @pamsimth8018 6 месяцев назад

      Is it like American racism

    • @familysupportzzz3983
      @familysupportzzz3983 5 месяцев назад

      Would he still say the same thing if he wasn't with his wife?

  • @KS-wk6uk
    @KS-wk6uk 6 месяцев назад +7

    The lawyer is gifted with articulation. It’s not easy for many to talk that sharply. Good thing he was able to pursue law instead of some other profession where his gifts wouldn’t shine.

    • @judigemini178
      @judigemini178 4 месяца назад

      Yeah and I'm glad he wasn't afraid to show his anger even if that's how racist people want black people to come off

  • @Targeting-Must-End
    @Targeting-Must-End 7 месяцев назад +26

    I really love the repeated phrase Oprah uses: "What does it do to your psyche". Having your entire existence being valued as less, the guy was honest enough that after 1 week he did not see the point.

  • @annfrierson6325
    @annfrierson6325 4 месяца назад +4

    Where are they now??

  • @luisdasilva4117
    @luisdasilva4117 6 месяцев назад +26

    Unfortunately it’s not only all about race , ignorance plays a big part

    • @tonywoods5652
      @tonywoods5652 6 месяцев назад

      No! the person or people who are victims of racism( white supremacy) are ignorant and unaware, but the racist knows exactly what is taking place. I mean, they know how things will unfold to a T.

    • @Moormores
      @Moormores 5 месяцев назад +4

      It is all about race... color matters

    • @Colourbash
      @Colourbash 5 месяцев назад +1

      It's more about race than ignorance. The ignorance in this context is also fueled by racism.

  • @Tomaroma848
    @Tomaroma848 6 месяцев назад +8

    And im african. This would be new in my country. It saddens me

  • @mesosuavee5498
    @mesosuavee5498 6 месяцев назад +5

    Original air date is not 2012. More like 1995.

  • @imhisgrandson_1345
    @imhisgrandson_1345 5 месяцев назад +6

    It’s crazy that we’re walking into 2024 in a week and a half and this is still very accurate for today. Smh.

    • @Bantuqueen01
      @Bantuqueen01 5 месяцев назад

      How is it crazy? When it was already prophesied that black people would be hated by all nations.. because they are Gods chosen people.

  • @nidiamaria1981
    @nidiamaria1981 7 месяцев назад +51

    Love this full episodes keep them coming!!!!

  • @therealimlikewoa
    @therealimlikewoa 7 месяцев назад +16

    the girls are still pumping their lips trying to get the look lmao

    • @van5135
      @van5135 7 месяцев назад +5

      Exactly

    • @van5135
      @van5135 7 месяцев назад +13

      They want to look like us but don't want to live like us

    • @gforceforever
      @gforceforever 6 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@van5135, they want plump lips, not to be another race. Many confuse the two.

    • @nubiabeckford7966
      @nubiabeckford7966 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@gforceforeverso plumped lips, tanned skin, bbls, braids and etc, is all they want from it?? History going back since the beginning of time and now where our DNA has been brought & sold(literally women being offered millions for our eggs & kidnapped)!! U'd rather mix up truth just for your own selfish pride and ego! Unfortunately, plenty of us know better and we know your workouts/bbls are a mere inclusion of your admiration❤

  • @nancyboruta7060
    @nancyboruta7060 6 месяцев назад +16

    As a white woman, I honestly did not know that this kind of racism was going on and the detrement it has caused. I have always believed that black people just used their complaints as racist unjustifiably. I admit to fearing black men, not women but, I have tried to treat all people with love. I sincerely apologize for our ignorance and now that I really understand and appreciate how you're treated and feel, I will go out of my way to make you feel equal and valued in every sense of the word. 😢❤

    • @INFORMATIVESITUATIONS
      @INFORMATIVESITUATIONS 6 месяцев назад

      THANKS FOR YOUR HONESTY NANCY🙂 BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT GOD GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HAND😲🤔

    • @ILikeitLikeDat3983
      @ILikeitLikeDat3983 6 месяцев назад +3

      Hey Nancy, you are somewhat a breath of fresh air. Lol you don’t have to go out of your way because of your thoughts. Given the fact that your thoughts where a taught and learned behavior all you need do is change them. We don’t need you to roll out the red carpet we are just saying we want to be treated like people. Give the same grace as you would to anyone until they treat different with you. Your a sweet heart so just be that and that’s a great start to an amazing finish😉

    • @nancyboruta7060
      @nancyboruta7060 6 месяцев назад

      @@ILikeitLikeDat3983 Will do. Thank you. 😊

    • @nancyboruta7060
      @nancyboruta7060 6 месяцев назад

      @@INFORMATIVESITUATIONS You're absolutely right. Thank you.

    • @thanduxolotumelo757
      @thanduxolotumelo757 6 месяцев назад +3

      Some blacks are great especially in some parts of Africa. But in America they portray gabgsterism much of the time please don't get yourself in any danger it's not worth it.

  • @Angel-ds2rw
    @Angel-ds2rw 6 месяцев назад +8

    Now I thought I saw all episodes..but this was amazing.

  • @autumnjade815
    @autumnjade815 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for posting the full episode!!!

  • @SR-us2fp
    @SR-us2fp 6 месяцев назад +14

    If they don’t want to seat you at the restaurant, do not wait they will always almost always spit in your food

  • @marciawhatley6722
    @marciawhatley6722 6 месяцев назад +15

    This!!!!! Sad and VERY TRUE TODAY 2023!

    • @skip031890
      @skip031890 6 месяцев назад +3

      No it's not. 🙄

    • @mikivanduyn9630
      @mikivanduyn9630 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@skip031890right,its even worse sinds 2016.

    • @skip031890
      @skip031890 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@mikivanduyn9630 By your own people.

  • @MinisterStretch
    @MinisterStretch 4 месяца назад +1

    Still watching in 2024

  • @Broken_Cracka
    @Broken_Cracka 6 месяцев назад +8

    Microaggressions is what she was describing.

    • @magnoliamike
      @magnoliamike 6 месяцев назад

      Go to your safe space where people can affirm all your feelings

  • @pmacksmith2167
    @pmacksmith2167 6 месяцев назад +18

    Please let Candace Owens see this..

    • @bbe3034
      @bbe3034 6 месяцев назад +3

      She’s so very smart!! I think she’s great! She would actually rip this nonsense apart! I grew up in the Deep South and never saw racism! Blacks and whites were poor. And I watched almost every Oprah show but I guess I missed this one because I was working 2 jobs, married and raising 3 children.

    • @awesomegirl97
      @awesomegirl97 6 месяцев назад +12

      @@bbe3034She would fail miserably, like you did.

    • @kbjones3
      @kbjones3 6 месяцев назад

      @@bbe3034So you think pretending that racism doesn’t exist makes Candace Owens smart? Lol. Maybe you should do a little research on her and see that she really doesn’t believe the things she says. She filed racial discrimination lawsuits, yes against white people! 😮 She says what she says to keep relevant which is how she earns her money. White people fall her nonsense because we want so much to believe that we’re not so horrible. The problem is that some of us really are horrible and racist, but instead of ignoring it, get yourself educated and be part of the solution.

    • @HD-er2cq
      @HD-er2cq 6 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@bbe3034I grew up in the south and I saw it. Possibly depends on the time and for sure your race.

    • @LolitaAdoreHaze
      @LolitaAdoreHaze 6 месяцев назад

      @@awesomegirl97 I married a mixed man. His father is white. His mother is moderately dark mulatto.

  • @jdfodio
    @jdfodio 6 месяцев назад +11

    @7:33 - The mere fact that his mom was worried for his life means that she knows that it's more dangerous to be a black man. If it's really not as dangerous to be black as they try to gaslight us into believing, then she wouldn't be scared for her son at all.

  • @darlenedowie8042
    @darlenedowie8042 6 месяцев назад +5

    I never saw this episode ! This is so deep.

  • @Jolie.jglucky
    @Jolie.jglucky 6 месяцев назад +17

    Miss her on TV❤❤❤

  • @lolacole5653
    @lolacole5653 6 месяцев назад +6

    Same in Iowa and Minnesota 😢 Oprah is frustrating me in this episode, she won't let Josh answer.

  • @romerogrady7195
    @romerogrady7195 6 месяцев назад +6

    Love this episode ! Again, this when someone ( Corporate America) set down and talk to oprah about her shows ! She had to change it, they didn't want the awareness to celebrated over national television! More than likely they told her that she could talk about anything else, but don't show the word how we treat African American men, period ..... give away card are something !

  • @CompleteHoneyBee
    @CompleteHoneyBee 6 месяцев назад +4

    This is all so true. I’ve gone through it all my life. Followed and watched. You have to psych yourself out to not crack.

  • @tiffanipage4377
    @tiffanipage4377 7 месяцев назад +9

    Read the book Black Like Me

  • @ncorp2668
    @ncorp2668 6 месяцев назад +25

    Can we acknowledge that none of these people look like the races they're trying to switch to but do look extremely weird and suspect? 😭😆

    • @Hollyweirdification
      @Hollyweirdification 6 месяцев назад +5

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @bigmiim8584
      @bigmiim8584 6 месяцев назад +5

      Prolly made people feel
      Weird

    • @HD-er2cq
      @HD-er2cq 6 месяцев назад +2

      So the people they encountered only considered their skin color and not how weird they looked.

    • @blkprince223
      @blkprince223 5 месяцев назад

      What about when it's an actual black person?

  • @RaineSim
    @RaineSim 6 месяцев назад +4

    The Oprah Winfrey Show was top notch tv💯🎯

  • @mmoye8640
    @mmoye8640 7 месяцев назад +23

    It's nice that she greeted her audience at the end of the show. We visited the view last year. We got to speak to Sunny at the end of the show but most were headed back stage.

    • @sonyabolden9652
      @sonyabolden9652 7 месяцев назад +9

      I was in the Oprah audience in 1992 and she greeted every one of us personally after tye show. Shook everybody's hand & asked how they were.

    • @janiceblackmon5936
      @janiceblackmon5936 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@sonyabolden9652😊

    • @tamipierce5916
      @tamipierce5916 6 месяцев назад +3

      You couldn't pay me to sit through a taping of The View...!!

    • @mikivanduyn9630
      @mikivanduyn9630 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@tamipierce5916what does the view have to do with Ophra???

    • @micheledevi5141
      @micheledevi5141 6 месяцев назад +1

      Oh God you're one of those 🤦

  • @MaryjaneLove
    @MaryjaneLove 7 месяцев назад +14

    . &&&& the fact sombody actually took pills to turn there skin black just for the experience is just mind blowing to me but nevertheless this was a very interesting episode . . 🤞💯

  • @reidabney9005
    @reidabney9005 6 месяцев назад +7

    Its a good thing that this is not a racist country right Senator Tim Scott?

  • @malijaqueline7625
    @malijaqueline7625 6 месяцев назад +3

    I remember watching this when it originally aired back then.

  • @DarkReapersGrim1
    @DarkReapersGrim1 6 месяцев назад +3

    Doing the math, this originally aired in 1995. The description says it originally aired in 2012.

  • @tonibenedict8051
    @tonibenedict8051 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is fascinating

  • @beloncekamz2821
    @beloncekamz2821 7 месяцев назад +10

    0:46. This episode alone is iconic✨. 39:41 😢. What actual year was this show aired? OWN?

    • @vaimende
      @vaimende 6 месяцев назад +5

      1995

  • @rhiannon-bv9rk
    @rhiannon-bv9rk 5 месяцев назад +3

    Where is your proof?

  • @niaelbryant2336
    @niaelbryant2336 6 месяцев назад +5

    Evaluate people on their intelligence and behavior.

  • @dr.camaled.7085
    @dr.camaled.7085 6 месяцев назад +7

    This is so sad to watch. Human beings treating other human beings like they are suspects or inhuman. 😢😢

  • @Reverend-Race-Horsey
    @Reverend-Race-Horsey 5 месяцев назад +4

    Obviously this episode wouldn't be able to air today! But I love Oprah...my aunt still wears her hair like her! 💈

  • @gerardinegranjean3489
    @gerardinegranjean3489 6 месяцев назад +6

    This made me so sad

  • @amydiaz6814
    @amydiaz6814 3 месяца назад

    You really are phenomenal Oprah.we need this awakening discussion NOW!
    Just maddening still in 2024!

  • @Jerrard1983
    @Jerrard1983 6 месяцев назад +12

    16:05 the security guard was black.😮😮 wow

    • @cathyortiz1280
      @cathyortiz1280 6 месяцев назад +1

      Black cops are worse than white to fellow blacks. The black cops feel they have to prove they fit in.

    • @KanikaNewsome-pj6jb
      @KanikaNewsome-pj6jb 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@cathyortiz1280 i agree sister 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿im serious we are really sisters. We all are made from the same father. We are just different that's all. I have even white men who act timid and cross the street before they have to pass me on the side walk. Im tall yet easy on the eye,lol. Im very shy sobim just as timid as them but they are afraid of me. It makes no sense honestly do yall see black women snatching purses or grabbing people kidnapping like Jeffrey Dahmer. No. All black women aren't saints and vice-versa yet we get weird reactions from society. Im 45 and honestly the average black person will not bother you actually we couldn't wait for the opportunity to come to ur rescue not hurt u.🫱🏻‍🫲🏿💚

  • @lady_of_the_funk
    @lady_of_the_funk 6 месяцев назад +7

    Baltimore and DC is very much the South…so, I’m not shocked that he ran into racism in those areas.

  • @gary-vh1zn
    @gary-vh1zn 6 месяцев назад

    Great show

  • @mariecampbell3373
    @mariecampbell3373 6 месяцев назад +24

    It s cool to be black when you can change back in a week.

    • @skip031890
      @skip031890 6 месяцев назад

      It's never cool. You people are an embarrassment.

    • @martijobarrett4527
      @martijobarrett4527 6 месяцев назад +8

      Darned if you do and darned if you don't.
      He gets kudos.

    • @Aintnobodycomingtoseeuotis
      @Aintnobodycomingtoseeuotis 6 месяцев назад

      @@martijobarrett4527kudos for what? Has black people not been saying this forever! Kudos for cosplaying

  • @marliseisrael3017
    @marliseisrael3017 5 месяцев назад +2

    Rest in Peace Lawrence Otis Graham

  • @IVY-jr7io
    @IVY-jr7io 6 месяцев назад +8

    There are dark skinned people with blue eyes

  • @joe24Benjimen
    @joe24Benjimen 6 месяцев назад +5

    Oprah need to come out if retirement.

  • @FaCeSays
    @FaCeSays 6 месяцев назад +5

    …and yet, nothing’s changed.

  • @lordcron
    @lordcron 6 месяцев назад +8

    I've learned how to mostly avoid interactions. Especially now that you can have anything delivered. I cringe when I have to interact with anyone....

    • @GabbyEsq
      @GabbyEsq 6 месяцев назад +2

      Me too. I avoid it at all costs.

  • @madisynissaquah243
    @madisynissaquah243 6 месяцев назад

    this is good . I gotta watch this later

  • @littlefinger5199
    @littlefinger5199 6 месяцев назад +5

    The white dude looked creepy as a Black man. 😂😂😂 That was a factor in his experience 😂😂😂

    • @blkluv100
      @blkluv100 6 месяцев назад +5

      Here come the excuses.