The Oprah Winfrey Show: Black for A Day | Full Episode | OWN

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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[@jamielim5059]

We don’t have it in Singapore 🇸🇬 😭😭😭

[@Assata_Shakur]

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

[@Reticence9zen924]

​@@jamielim5059I th

[@Reticence9zen924]

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

[@Reverend-Race-Horsey]

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

[@medinahhagan-morgan6425]

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

[@johnwebb2442]

True

[@AngelaM731]

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

[@skip031890]

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

[@IVY-jr7io]

​@@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]

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

[@skip031890]

@@mikivanduyn9630 Wow, you need to grow up.

[@keshaestevan3623]

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

[@coreypatrick7230]

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

[@hectormanuel9793]

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]

Prejudice + Power = Racism

[@pinky-ud1rt]

Amen hun

[@mikivanduyn9630]

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

[@FionaAdoreRose]

​@@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.

[@mariebrunson9078]

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

[@alejandromatias2150]

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

[@mistershadow6576]

Obviosuly it is fake. Notice they never show any picture of him when he was "black". It's all grainy. So he took some "pill" that nobody knows what it is? Some pill that decades later we still don't know about? This is obviously just a stunt Oprah put on.

[@1thetvzone]

Oprah needs to interview him 30 yrs later

[@AlC-k2j]

Mr Otis Graham sadly died.

[@casey4602]

​@@AlC-k2j😢RIP

[@Poo531]

@@AlC-k2j Oh wow!, I’m so sorry to hear that! Smh 😢

[@yellowfeline6491]

@@AlC-k2j I hope taking the pills didn't contribute to his passing.

[@jlind4690]

Agree!

[@AntoinetteMPetty]

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 🫠

[@FionaAdoreRose]

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]

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]

​@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...

[@FionaAdoreRose]

@@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]

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.

[@denardjones7077]

STILL accurate and 100% Credible in 2023!

[@princessndlovu4869]

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]

Even worse

[@johnwebb2442]

True

[@vaimende]

What year was this?

[@ElaineSewell]

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

[@Nature_Due143]

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

[@alvinsavage7701]

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

[@Judy-ge4cu]

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

[@AmberAmber]

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]

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

[@jamzyy]

Do not be deceived.

[@jchow5966]

Every American should watch this.

[@mistershadow6576]

Obviosuly it is fake. Notice they never show any picture of him when he was "black". It's all grainy. So he took some "pill" that nobody knows what it is? Some pill that decades later we still don't know about? This is obviously just a stunt Oprah put on.

[@missymanny8286]

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

[@branmerino]

Exactly what I thought of

[@GeneralHafeezah]

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

[@ms.suzylucy6868]

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.

[@1980Isek]

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.

[@kerry-j4m]

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

[@adriennesnider2053]

Bingo.. At least she's honest

[@dereckdean578]

100

[@Colourbash]

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

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

This reminds me of The Onion sketch where a judge orders a white girl accused of murder to stand trial as a black man. Her furious lawyer gives a press conference where he screams “this is America! Nobody deserves to be treated like a black man!” 😂😂😂

[@tobeornottobe9533]

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

[@akwaabab8504]

let me guess...you are non Black!

[@brookeally1346]

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

[@ntandosekay]

Rest in power Lawrence Otis Graham 💔

[@chijiobi7760]

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

[@CharlesMcKinneyIV]

Was he the Ivy-league educated lawyer?

[@lt3074]

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

[@masilomorake2876]

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]

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

[@SE-gs6gd]

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

[@Bea-Dubya]

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

[@justjones3]

Don’t be scared. Just be aware. 😢

[@mikivanduyn9630]

its even worse after 2016...

[@karlabanks4908]

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

[@kerry-j4m]

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

[@jessicacoates1611]

Before she was devil, hate her

[@jessicacoates1611]

So now we can pick our gender and skin

[@jessicacoates1611]

Where is any proof of any of this

[@FionaAdoreRose]

@@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.

[@lozarkderccy3254]

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

[@GeraldineDevlin-y8u]

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

[@kida758]

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]

And much hasn't changed now has it?

[@jilldowding-walker8066]

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]

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]

Her name is Jane Elliott.✌🏿

[@yvonneratcliff47]

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]

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]

Love Jane Elliot

[@helenamensah7274]

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

[@nubian5786]

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

[@msenlightened]

Do you live in a overwhelming predominantly white area?

[@teresawicks-kq3bq]

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

[@Cabledeluz1977]

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]

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

[@Nicollettej120]

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.

[@peanutbutterandjelly5066]

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.

[@thetotalpackage2005]

He died...oh no

[@mamoyoT]

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]

Contact Jennie Joseph in Orlando, FL.

[@zakila2cute]

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]

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

[@YamnkelaMnguni]

​@@Bantuqueen01explain

[@Midnight_manna]

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

[@rls4072]

Losing victim rights can be costly!🙃😂🥵

[@FreedomofSpeech865]

Sadly so!

[@originaldeftom]

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]

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

[@simplysarah0310]

@@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.

[@coreygatling9924]

I love how comfortable Oprah is

[@ILikeitLikeDat3983]

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

[@martijobarrett4527]

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

[@ILikeitLikeDat3983]

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]

@@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]

​@@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!!

[@RS-dm4yo]

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]

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

[@RS-dm4yo]

​@@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]

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

[@andreabrown4541]

I know why!

[@angelanevitt5749]

This is a old show 😂

[@tobeornottobe9533]

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

[@malijaqueline7625]

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.

[@yvonneratcliff47]

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]

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

[@michaele.stovall6364]

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

[@artistenovice1407]

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]

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

[@dianapatterson449]

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

[@4u2cre8]

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

[@jaythethinker3994]

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

[@simplysarah0310]

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

[@DivaDawn9]

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🤔

[@godisgracious6226]

He has passed on

[@jassbass8153]

☘️

[@Rebecca-hc5ju]

​@godisgracious6226 the young man who was black for a week?

[@roxannemoser]

Unbelievable that racism is worse in 2023.

[@sonyabolden9652]

Nothing has changed in 2023

[@JasonBooth-o9t]

Yes it has

[@lisasmith4296]

Back when the Oprah show was good!

[@bluesquirrel3919]

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.

[@itsvonnieb]

What an interesting guy, you are Josh.

[@ChantéMcCormick-e1d]

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]

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

[@Myraisins1]

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

[@Poo531]

Wonder how he died?

[@feliciaholley-loveless2343]

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]

He certainly made his mark, may he rest in peace

[@therealimlikewoa]

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

[@van5135]

Exactly

[@van5135]

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

[@gforceforever]

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

[@nubiabeckford7966]

​@@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❤

[@KS-wk6uk]

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]

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

[@tinastardust7793]

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]

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

[@pamsimth8018]

Is it like American racism

[@familysupportzzz3983]

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

[@nancyboruta7060]

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]

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

[@ILikeitLikeDat3983]

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]

@@ILikeitLikeDat3983 Will do. Thank you. 😊

[@nancyboruta7060]

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

[@thanduxolotumelo757]

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.

[@NovemberReigne]

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]

5 days...

[@pinkrose372]

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

[@BlackCreekAlabama]

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

[@celestialbronzewarrior4937]

@@BlackCreekAlabama I want to know too!

[@Bantuqueen01]

@MsIntense6845 But we are a special people.

[@lolacole5653]

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

[@ArtHistoryProfessor]

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

[@Tomaroma848]

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

[@luisdasilva4117]

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

[@tonywoods5652]

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]

It is all about race... color matters

[@Colourbash]

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

[@davidstylespro]

@@tonywoods5652Neely Fuller Jr.

[@romerogrady7195]

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 !

[@nidiamaria1981]

Love this full episodes keep them coming!!!!

[@mshappyheart]

Yeah!

[@Targeting-Must-End]

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.

[@justinjuerakhan7934]

Talk shows wouldn’t accept this kind of experiment today, and it’s very shameful that racism is still going on.

[@DarkReapersGrim1]

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

[@successandspirit]

This makes much more sense

[@Angel-ds2rw]

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

[@imhisgrandson_1345]

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]

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

[@CompleteHoneyBee]

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.

[@ncorp2668]

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]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@bigmiim8584]

Prolly made people feel Weird

[@HD-er2cq]

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

[@blkprince223]

What about when it's an actual black person?

[@Broken_Cracka]

Microaggressions is what she was describing.

[@magnoliamike]

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

[@mmoye8640]

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]

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]

​@@sonyabolden9652😊

[@tamipierce5916]

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

[@mikivanduyn9630]

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

[@micheledevi5141]

Oh God you're one of those 🤦

[@RaineSim]

The Oprah Winfrey Show was top notch tv💯🎯

[@jdfodio]

@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]

I never saw this episode ! This is so deep.

[@beloncekamz2821]

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

[@vaimende]

1995

[@littlefinger5199]

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

[@blkluv100]

Here come the excuses.

[@MaryjaneLove]

. &&&& 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 . . 🤞💯

[@niaelbryant2336]

Evaluate people on their intelligence and behavior.

[@INFORMATIVESITUATIONS]

YEP! BUT WHEN WILL LIFE GET TO THAT LEVEL 🤔

[@syki11]

I woulda been suspicious too he didn’t look black just dark skin 😂😂😂😂.

[@tiffanipage4377]

Read the book Black Like Me

[@Reverend-Race-Horsey]

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

[@rays.3242]

Why not?

[@dr.camaled.7085]

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

[@SR-us2fp]

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

[@terrence2309]

Or worse

[@Jolie.jglucky]

Miss her on TV❤❤❤

[@mesosuavee5498]

Original air date is not 2012. More like 1995.

[@gerardinegranjean3489]

This made me so sad

[@lady_of_the_funk]

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

[@esetaMotuga1971]

I think it's true what the Bible writes about how we believe who we are is how it mirrors across to others. Psalms say you are what you believe think in your hearts you are.

[@VM-oi3dk]

Nikki Haley needs to see this. It pains me to see how loving and warm most black people are toward whites in an effort to show their humanity. I went to the MLK Parade in LA and few times have I felt so welcome. These were ordinary family people. So charming and charasmatic. One of my closest friends is black. I love him like a brother.

[@malijaqueline7625]

I remember watching this when it originally aired back then.

[@annfrierson6325]

Where are they now??

[@pmacksmith2167]

Please let Candace Owens see this..

[@bbe3034]

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]

@@bbe3034She would fail miserably, like you did.

[@justjones3]

@@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]

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

[@FionaAdoreRose]

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

[@rebeccaqueen7335]

Now the meaning of"walk in my shoes" has a general overview or perspective of one another in learning and educating each other back then.

[@MinisterStretch]

Still watching in 2024

[@marliseisrael3017]

Rest in Peace Lawrence Otis Graham

[@Jerrard1983]

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

[@cathyortiz1280]

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

[@KanikaNewsome-pj6jb]

@@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.🫱🏻‍🫲🏿💚

[@autumnjade815]

Thank you for posting the full episode!!!

[@mariecampbell3373]

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

[@skip031890]

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

[@martijobarrett4527]

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

[@BlackCreekAlabama]

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

[@reidabney9005]

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

[@gerrob6222]

they would get him worse if they knew he was Jewish

[@Limeydawg-1973]

Oprah needs to live black for a week instead of attacking all her fellow blacks..

[@omarsalem2340]

Thank God I'm back but living in Canada I didn't have this experience Canadian are more excepting any race with open arms

[@derinaries]

Nope.

[@taralynntorrescarreralopez1574]

“We have the right to buy our way out of intergraction” wow just wow

[@Nemiah]

Yeah that's WILD! 😳

[@amydiaz6814]

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

[@dianeamaral8151]

As a white woman in a wheelchair I'm very sorry about that the things blacks have been though over the years and also today just remember some people are just.ignorant I'm sorry everyone should be treated equal even handicapped women in a wheelchair like me I've had doors slammed in my face some people are just rude

[@Colourbash]

I know you mean well, but racism is not simply rudeness or ignorance...

[@dianeamaral8151]

@@Colourbash it's too badly get over it haha 😂

[@Colourbash]

@dianeamaral8151 obviously you want to insist on a shallow understanding and then inserting yourself so you can feel good about it. Typical... nothing lost or gained here.