Oprah has a new project that deals with racial differences in healthcare and COVID … something she believes is definitely not over and has been somewhat forgotten.
The media mogul spoke to the LA Times to include his new documentary, The Color of Care, which debuted this weekend on the Smithsonian Channel … and it opened up a LOT about racism, healthcare, celebrity privilege, mask mandates and more. can be characterized as COVID amnesia … especially in relation to those who died during the pandemic.
Winfrey’s CEO is producing The Color of Care, a documentary about how COVID-19 uncovered racial inequalities in the health care system. The film includes interviews with colorful families who have lost loved ones. https://t.co/6VSusKyEjp
– Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 29, 2022 @latimes
First, she discussed putting the spotlight on what POCs, especially those living in relative poverty, have had to do with navigating the health care system over the past two years … and how she believes race has a lot to do with the common cold. shoulder.
Oprah then became personal with her own story … acknowledging that she had been given enormous access and priority as a well-known person throughout her life.
She says it’s actually one of the best benefits of being famous … being able to get the best out of everything you need when something goes wrong. Still, she explains that once in the mid-2000s she had a thyroid problem that was misdiagnosed by a number of doctors, whom she suggested they didn’t want to find out what was really wrong with her. fear of her fame.
When she went to a thyroid specialist, she claimed that the man had told her to “hug hunger”, otherwise she would gain a lot of weight. Some say this speaks to the fat phobia that is brewing in this country – but the general picture, Oh says that even the medical facility has deep flaws … and advocates that people get a lot of opinions and have a support system with you. .
As for the masks … Oprah says she’s still very supportive of wearing them, even at this point … saying that it’s too early in her mind, but that she respects those who want to give it up.
Finally, Oprah spoke about the idea that we as a society seem to have kept quiet about the many COVID deaths we have experienced … by saying, “I don’t recognize a country where you lost nearly a million people and there was no. which is significant. Not when opening a speech or mentioning in a country of the Union. “
She believes that there should be some kind of official public gathering specifically for this, adding … “Who are we that we do not recognize the importance of this recognition?”
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