{"id":3631,"date":"2021-04-27T22:14:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T02:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/?p=3631"},"modified":"2021-04-27T22:15:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T02:15:06","slug":"oprah-says-she-had-flashbacks-of-emmett-till-watching-the-derek-chauvin-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/?p=3631","title":{"rendered":"Oprah Says She Had \u2018Flashbacks of Emmett Till\u2019 Watching the Derek Chauvin Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We all were on the edge of our seats as we waited to see what the verdict would be for Derek Chauvin. Many in the black community were praying this would not be another murder that no justice was served towards. As the world watched, Oprah Winfrey shared how she felt while watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/04\/26\/oprah-winfrey-says-derek-chauvin-verdict-made-her-tear-up\/\">Page Six<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI watched the verdict live \u2014 like so many other people around the world,\u201d she told Dr. Oz in an upcoming interview.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI started to tear up and I asked myself, \u2018Where is this emotion coming from?\u2019 And I was having \u2026 flashbacks of Emmett Till and all the names that we\u2019ve heard protesters speak for.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Winfrey told Oz that she had a dream about Till \u2014 the Mississippi 14-year-old who was lynched in 1955 after a white woman accused him of flirting with her \u2014 the night before the verdict where \u201cwe were all on a bus together and the bus blew up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cAnd so I wake in that morning like, what does that mean? And does that mean this whole trial is going to blow up\u2026?,\u201d she said. \u201cSo I went to bed [after the verdict] thinking about Emmett Till and the fact that he never received justice. And this moment was a sacrifice for all of the people who didn\u2019t receive justice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>On April 20, former cop Chauvin was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/25\/chauvin-prosecutor-says-conviction-not-a-cause-for-celebration\/\">convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter<\/a>\u00a0for his part in the killing of George Floyd. He\u2019ll be sentenced in June.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Winfrey sat down with Oz to speak about her new book&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Happened-You-Understanding-Resilience\/dp\/1250223180?tag=pagesix-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cWhat Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing.\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;She also opened up about her childhood traumas including the time her grandmother gave her a \u201creally bad whipping\u201d after she accused her of putting her fingers in the family\u2019s bucket of drinking water.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cMy emotion now is not because I feel, you know, such deep pain about it, I just feel pain for that little girl. I feel like, now I know what it\u2019s like to be you know, you look at a three, four-year-old, five-year-old child and how innocent they are. And at the time, I just accepted it,\u201d she said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Oz\u2019s interview with Oprah airs on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all were on the edge of our seats as we waited to see what the verdict would be for Derek Chauvin. 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