Oprah Winfrey says in her police brutality town hall: We're at a "true tipping point" for racism in America

The Daily Beast

Winfrey on Tuesday kicked off her OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here? two-night town hall special on OWN and 18 other Discovery networks in reaction to the George Floyd police brutality protests. Winfrey began the special by recalling that in 1985, she interviewed a diversity expert and realized “how little so many white people understood about racism.” She also recalled doing more than 100 Oprah Winfrey Shows on racism. “In all of those experiences, though, I don’t recall a moment quite like this one,” she said. “Because we find our nation on a precipice, a true tipping point, I believe. And just like all of you for the past few weeks, I’ve been talking and Zooming with friends, and the same question keeps popping up over and over: Is this the moment that will finally change our country, where people will recognize systemic racism for the problem and the evil that it is?”