Protesters slam Oprah over comments that they lack ‘leadership’

Field negro protesters don't want to listen to that ol' house negro Oprah Winfrey.


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(Washington Post) - Key organizers of the wave of recent protests over police treatment of African Americans lashed out at Oprah Winfrey Friday over comments she made to People magazine criticizing their movement as “leaderless.”

...The sentiment provoked outrage from protest organizers, most of whom are young and who have purposefully embraced a diffuse, leaderless approach. They pushed back against the insinuation that they have not articulated any demands, and accused Winfrey of being out of touch and elitist — in typical fashion, using Twitter to convey their anger...

...This is the second recent clash between younger protesters and older black activists. Last month, a faction of protesters briefly took over the stage at a march in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Rev. Al Sharpton, complaining that the veteran civil rights leader and television personality was trying to take credit for a movement they spawned.

The divide is not just about generational differences, but about tactics, with older activists emphasizing peaceful marches while the younger protesters preferring more confrontational actions, such as staging “die-ins” at shopping malls at the height of holiday shopping and blocking highways...

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