The Oprah Winfrey Show

Maya. Interview by Oprah Winfrey. OWN. N.d. Television. Maya Angelou was a full time professor at Wake Forest University, a bestselling author of many books, and was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She talks about how to stand up to racism with courage. She explains that it takes time and practice to gain courage. She strongly believes pejorative language is inacceptable and should not be tolerated because of the power of words. This is from an interview with Oprah Winfrey and is not in…

1997, actress Ellen DeGeneres made a TV milestone when she decided to come out as gay on her sitcom show “Ellen”. Although there have been other characters on famous TV shows that were gay, she was the first main character on a TV show to particularly focus on being gay. According to an article in the New York Times, “…the situation comedy attracted the biggest rating of any regularly scheduled show on the network this season, attracting an estimated 42 million viewers,” (New York Times).…

The 1970’s were a time of the change for women and African Americans in America. Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use” gives readers a glimpse into some of the difficulties African American women faced and still face today. Alice Walker displays the difficulties to try to keep heritage, traditions, identity while being able to make political and societal change through her use of symbols, characters and theme. Many men and women over time have conformed to what society believes people should…

Oprah Winfrey is a well known figure from popular culture. Recently, at the Golden Globes, she was given the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement. In her acceptance speech, Winfrey spent very little time describing her story. Instead, she focused on the developing “#metoo” movement. She uses multiple rhetorical techniques to develop her speech into one that would be discussed in classrooms and media throughout the country weeks later. One of the primary rhetorical techniques that…

Sara is the only White person in her school and experiences a lot of racism. After her and Derek beginning dating, many people are opposed to their relationship. Sara's friend, who happens to be Derek's sister, even agrees with a comment made by Derek's ex-girlfriend that White girls always try and take the few good Black men that are left. Sara's father does not approve either. Sara and Derek literally have to fight for their love. Both Sara and Derek got into physical confrontations with…

“Oprah Winfrey’s rise to stardom is an extraordinary story of personal achievement” (“Oprah Winfrey” Notable). Oprah Gail Winfrey was born in Mississippi to her parents, Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey, who were never married. When Vernon was deployed to complete his military duties Vernita moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to look for work, leaving Oprah in the care of Vernon’s mother. Oprah’s grandmother lived her life according to the Bible, and raised Oprah to do the same. Oprah spent much of her…

Zora’s Eyes Were Watching in Disappointment Oprah Winfrey produced the movie Their Eyes Were Watching God based on the novel but she changed so many important details from the book in the movie that it is as if she has not read the book at all. In the novel there are many vital symbols that Oprah removed while making the movie, one of those, the gate. When Janie kisses Johnny Taylor the gate appears between them; on one side of the gate the life of innocence and Janie’s childhood, a life of…

Is It Worth It We spend every minute of every hour of every day doing something, whether it’s visiting exotic destinations to spending time with family and friends, but we can’t do these without freeing ourselves of the small screen. Distracted driving ,some people would argue, is a good thing ,and some would say it’s a bad thing. And even though this is true, we must come to understand that distracted driving is not an opportunity for us to argue with one another but rather see the crippling…

Another example is, Oprah Winfrey. Oprah and her influence over society and media is known by almost everyone. From the reading of the book “Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery: An Essay on Popular Culture” by Eva Illouz, Oprah is described as a woman who came from rags to riches. She has won many awards and has a TV show and a Magazine. Oprah is a “cultural phenomenon” (pg 2). She has been labeled as the highest paid entrepreneur by Forbes and won at least 30 Emmy awards. Oprah is a leader…

studies in Oxford University, Cambridge University, Harvard University, University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, and Academy of Public International Law at the Peace Palace (Horsfield, "Miriam Defensor Santiago"). All of these facts show that not only is she educated, but also has excelled all throughout her study years. Given all the schools she was enrolled in and the degrees she attained, one can be assured of her vast knowledge acquired from her long years of study - local…