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*It appears the Golden Globes stepped up it’s game Sunday night when Oprah Winfrey graced the stage and gave her acceptance speech as the recipient of the organization’s Cecil B. DeMille Award.
“It is not lost on me that, at this moment, there is some little girl watching as I become the first Black woman to be given the same award,” Winfrey said in a moving acceptance speech, after recalling her own childhood watching Sidney Poitier become the first Black person to win an Oscar for best actor. “It is an honor and it is a privilege to share the evening with all of them.”
Winfrey’s powerful speech was filled with somber moments, standing ovations, past memories and the story of Recy Taylor, a Black woman who never received justice after being abducted and gang-raped by six white men in Alabama.
The speech was met with several standing ovations, with the crowd erupting in a boisterous applause when Winfrey, 63, assured sexual predators that their “time is up.”
“I want all the girls watching to know a new day is on the horizon,” she continued. “And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure they are the leaders to take us to the time where nobody has to say ‘me too’ again.”
“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!” –@Oprah ✊? #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/lKJbTckJ4K
— Cocoa Butter (@cocoabutterbf) January 8, 2018
Winfrey’s speech came as many stars wore black to the award show to oppose sexual harassment in Hollywood.
“This year, we became the story. But it’s not just a story affecting the entertainment industry, it’s one that transcends any culture, or workplace,” Winfrey said.
Winfrey closed her speech with a call for unity:
“I want all the girls watching to know 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 here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure they are the leaders to take us to the time where nobody has to say ‘me too’ again.”
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