Oprah Winfrey: A Native American in America and a Lover of the Deep South. She and Kamala Harris, the U.S. President
Winfrey went on to support Clinton in 2016 and President Biden in 2020. She endorsed John Fetterman in the upcoming elections because he beat Mehmet Oz in the first place.
“We’re now so fired up, we can’t wait to leave here and do something, and what we’re gonna do is elect Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States,” said Winfrey, who was a surprise addition to the night’s events.
“Decency and respect are on the ballot in 2024,” Winfrey said. Common sense tells you that Tim Walz and Kamala Harris can provide decency and respect. They give it to us.
Oprah Winfrey said that she lived in Mississippi, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Maryland,Indiana, Florida, Hawaii, Colorado, California and sweet home Chicago. I have traveled this country from the forests, and I love them! To the gulf stream waters. Racists, sexism, income inequality, and division are things I have seen. At times, I have been on the receiving end of it.
“More often than not, what I’ve witnessed and experienced are human beings, both conservative and liberal, who may not agree with each other, but who still help you in a heartbeat if you are in trouble,” she said. “These are the people who make me proud to say that I am an American.”
She was proud of those who fought against segregation, from the late Congressman John Lewis and the late Tessieprevost Williams, who were both Civil Rights era icons.
Winfrey highlighted Prevost Williams’ activism as one of the “New Orleans Four,” which pushed for the integration of public schools in New Orleans, La., in 1960. Winfrey said that it helped pave the way for Harris to be bused across Berkeley, Calif., in order to attend an integrated public school.
Winfrey has also advocated for protecting voting access for Black women, and founded OWN Your Vote under the Oprah Winfrey Network in 2020 to fight voter suppression across the country.
Kamala Harris and I have one pretty big thing in common. We were raised by single Indian immigrants who did not conform to the culture and gave us a better life in America. Young voters have embraced Harris because of her bravery. [MUSIC PLAYING] It made me wonder if the mom could be more brave than she is. She needs to lay out policy that distinguishes her from her predecessor if she is going to keep the current traction in her campaign. And if you’re not up to speed with the whole “brat” thing, this is how it all began. When Harris took over as the front-runner of the Democratic ticket, the Trump campaign came after her for her laugh, her dancing and her biracial identity. She became a black person when she went all the way from India. The young people went for her defense with a meme of the same moments, with a lime-green filter, in the style of this summer’s hot pop album, “Brat.” Charli weighed in herself, tweeting, “Kamala is brat.” And shortly after, the campaign officially rebranded to brat green. It is because of her mom that she is a brat. When she left India for the U.S. in 1959 as a teenager, she wanted to become a doctor and fell in love with her new employer, who she would marry. That may not seem all that bratty to Americans, but I can’t overstate how rebellious that would have been for someone like Gopalan, who was born to an upper-caste family at a time when women weren’t expected to work and marriages were arranged. Not only that, the man she decided to marry was Black. A majority of Indian Americans would tell you that there are still family members who still have a deep-seated racism related to caste discrimination, which still exists today. After her divorce, which was probably more controversial than a decision to get a love marriage in the first place, Gopalan and Harris raised her two kids amidst a community of Black intellectuals who were active in the fight for the most sweeping civil rights and immigration reforms in American history. And that might have been the most brat thing about her, that she taught her kids to take a bold stand on the right side of history. She shared a story about her mom, which caused the campaign to take off. My mom would give us a hard time and she wouldn’t know what was wrong with us. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree. You are part of the present and the past in which you live. [MUSIC PLAYING] This conveys a deeper meaning of how immigrants hold on to their values as they lay new roots in America to build a better future for both their kids and this country. Please put your right hand in the air. “Kamala Devi Harris.” Considering her mother spent a lifetime bucking expectations, the positions she has defended as vice president, from continuing to arm Israel to stopping asylum seekers at the border seems moderate. As Kamala officially accepts the D.N.C. nomination this week, I’ll be watching to see if she’ll pay more than just lip service to her mom’s brat legacy by actually setting out some policies that will distinguish her from her more moderate predecessor. There is a chance that the brat green wave that she has been riding all summer could turn real quick if she doesn’t.
