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ENG 240 West Coast University Oprah Winfrey Acceptance Speech Discussion 2 Separate Disscusion Forums

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Topic 1

Provide an analysis of Oprah Winfrey’s acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes. This is not a summary; make sure that you offer an interpretation of the speech and that you “read between the lines” in order to address each aspect of analysis:

Audience
Purpose
Content
Mood
Style
Structure

In addition to your main response, you must also post substantive responses to at least two of your classmates’ posts in this thread. Your response should include elements such as follow up questions, further exploration of topics from the initial post, or requests for further clarification or explanation on some points made by the classmates.

Topic 2

Provide an analysis of this advertisement for a nursing program. This is not a summary; make sure that you offer an interpretation of the advertisement and that you “read between the lines” in order to address each aspect of analysis:

Audience
Purpose
Content
Mood
Style
Structure

In addition to your main response, you must also post substantive responses to at least two of your classmates’ posts in this thread. Your response should include elements such as follow up questions, further exploration of topics from the initial post, or requests for further clarification or explanation on some points made by the classmates. Oprah Winfrey at the Golden Globes
Oprah Winfrey accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes and
delivered a moving speech that brought the audience to their feet. Why was it so successful? Below is a full
transcript of Winfrey’s acceptance speech.
In 1964, I was a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of my mother’s house in Milwaukee watching
Anne Bancroft present the Oscar for best actor at the 36th Academy Awards. She opened the envelope
and said five words that literally made history: “The winner is Sidney Poitier.” Up to the stage came the
most elegant man I had ever seen. I remember his tie was white, and of course his skin was black, and I
had never seen a black man being celebrated like that. I tried many, many times to explain what a
moment like that means to a little girl, a kid watching from the cheap seats as my mom came through
the door bone tired from cleaning other people’s houses. But all I can do is quote and say that the
explanation in Sidney’s performance in “Lilies of the Field”:
5
“Amen, amen, amen, amen.”
In 1982, Sidney received the Cecil B. DeMille award right here at the Golden Globes and it is not lost on
me that at this moment, there are some little girls watching as I become the first black woman to be
given this same award. It is an honor — it is an honor and it is a privilege to share the evening with all of
them and also with the incredible men and women who have inspired me, who challenged me, who
sustained me and made my journey to this stage possible. Dennis Swanson who took a chance on me
for “A.M. Chicago.” Quincy Jones who saw me on that show and said to Steven Spielberg, “Yes, she is
Sophia in ‘The Color Purple.'” Gayle who has been the definition of what a friend is, and Stedman who
has been my rock — just a few to name.
I want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association because we all know the press is under siege
these days. We also know it’s the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us
from turning a blind eye to corruption and to injustice. To — to tyrants and victims, and secrets and lies.
I want to say that I value the press more than ever before as we try to navigate these complicated
times, which brings me to this: what I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful
tool we all have. And I’m especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough
and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories. Each of us in this room are
celebrated because of the stories that we tell, and this year we became the story.
10
15
20
25
But it’s not just a story affecting the entertainment industry. It’s one that transcends any culture,
geography, race, religion, politics, or workplace. So I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women
who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and
bills to pay and dreams to pursue. They’re the women whose names we’ll never know. They are
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domestic workers and farm workers. They are working in factories and they work in restaurants and
they’re in academia, engineering, medicine, and science. They’re part of the world of tech and politics
and business. They’re our athletes in the Olympics and they’re our soldiers in the military.
And there’s someone else, Recy Taylor, a name I know and I think you should know, too. In 1944, Recy
Taylor was a young wife and mother walking home from a church service she’d attended in Abbeville,
Alabama, when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped, and left blindfolded by the side of
the road coming home from church. They threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone, but her story
was reported to the NAACP where a young worker by the name of Rosa Parks became the lead
investigator on her case and together they sought justice. But justice wasn’t an option in the era of Jim
Crow. The men who tried to destroy her were never persecuted. Recy Taylor died ten days ago, just shy
of her 98th birthday. She lived as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally
powerful men. For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to
the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up.
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40
Their time is up. And I just hope — I just hope that Recy Taylor died knowing that her truth, like the
truth of so many other women who were tormented in those years, and even now tormented, goes
marching on. It was somewhere in Rosa Parks’ heart almost 11 years later, when she made the decision
to stay seated on that bus in Montgomery, and it’s here with every woman who chooses to say, “Me
too.” And every man — every man who chooses to listen.
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In my career, what I’ve always tried my best to do, whether on television or through film, is to say
50
something about how men and women really behave. To say how we experience shame, how we love
and how we rage, how we fail, how we retreat, persevere and how we overcome. I’ve interviewed and
portrayed people who’ve withstood some of the ugliest things life can throw at you, but the one quality
all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope for a brighter morning, even during our darkest
nights. So I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when
that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right
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here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they
become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say “Me too” again.
Oprah Winfrey at the Golden Globes
Oprah Winfrey accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes and
delivered a moving speech that brought the audience to their feet. Why was it so successful? Below is a full
transcript of Winfrey’s acceptance speech.
In 1964, I was a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of my mother’s house in Milwaukee watching
Anne Bancroft present the Oscar for best actor at the 36th Academy Awards. She opened the envelope
and said five words that literally made history: “The winner is Sidney Poitier.” Up to the stage came the
most elegant man I had ever seen. I remember his tie was white, and of course his skin was black, and I
had never seen a black man being celebrated like that. I tried many, many times to explain what a
moment like that means to a little girl, a kid watching from the cheap seats as my mom came through
the door bone tired from cleaning other people’s houses. But all I can do is quote and say that the
explanation in Sidney’s performance in “Lilies of the Field”:
5
“Amen, amen, amen, amen.”
In 1982, Sidney received the Cecil B. DeMille award right here at the Golden Globes and it is not lost on
me that at this moment, there are some little girls watching as I become the first black woman to be
given this same award. It is an honor — it is an honor and it is a privilege to share the evening with all of
them and also with the incredible men and women who have inspired me, who challenged me, who
sustained me and made my journey to this stage possible. Dennis Swanson who took a chance on me
for “A.M. Chicago.” Quincy Jones who saw me on that show and said to Steven Spielberg, “Yes, she is
Sophia in ‘The Color Purple.'” Gayle who has been the definition of what a friend is, and Stedman who
has been my rock — just a few to name.
I want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association because we all know the press is under siege
these days. We also know it’s the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us
from turning a blind eye to corruption and to injustice. To — to tyrants and victims, and secrets and lies.
I want to say that I value the press more than ever before as we try to navigate these complicated
times, which brings me to this: what I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful
tool we all have. And I’m especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough
and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories. Each of us in this room are
celebrated because of the stories that we tell, and this year we became the story.
10
15
20
25
But it’s not just a story affecting the entertainment industry. It’s one that transcends any culture,
geography, race, religion, politics, or workplace. So I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women
who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and
bills to pay and dreams to pursue. They’re the women whose names we’ll never know. They are
30
domestic workers and farm workers. They are working in factories and they work in restaurants and
they’re in academia, engineering, medicine, and science. They’re part of the world of tech and politics
and business. They’re our athletes in the Olympics and they’re our soldiers in the military.
And there’s someone else, Recy Taylor, a name I know and I think you should know, too. In 1944, Recy
Taylor was a young wife and mother walking home from a church service she’d attended in Abbeville,
Alabama, when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped, and left blindfolded by the side of
the road coming home from church. They threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone, but her story
was reported to the NAACP where a young worker by the name of Rosa Parks became the lead
investigator on her case and together they sought justice. But justice wasn’t an option in the era of Jim
Crow. The men who tried to destroy her were never persecuted. Recy Taylor died ten days ago, just shy
of her 98th birthday. She lived as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally
powerful men. For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to
the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up.
35
40
Their time is up. And I just hope — I just hope that Recy Taylor died knowing that her truth, like the
truth of so many other women who were tormented in those years, and even now tormented, goes
marching on. It was somewhere in Rosa Parks’ heart almost 11 years later, when she made the decision
to stay seated on that bus in Montgomery, and it’s here with every woman who chooses to say, “Me
too.” And every man — every man who chooses to listen.
45
In my career, what I’ve always tried my best to do, whether on television or through film, is to say
50
something about how men and women really behave. To say how we experience shame, how we love
and how we rage, how we fail, how we retreat, persevere and how we overcome. I’ve interviewed and
portrayed people who’ve withstood some of the ugliest things life can throw at you, but the one quality
all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope for a brighter morning, even during our darkest
nights. So I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when
that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right
55
here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they
become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say “Me too” again.
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