{"id":14628,"date":"2020-06-05T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T14:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/plans-two-night-special-systematic-racism-america\/"},"modified":"2020-06-05T12:21:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T16:21:23","slug":"own-plans-two-night-special-on-systematic-racism-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/own-plans-two-night-special-on-systematic-racism-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"OWN Plans Two-Night Special on Systemic Racism in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has slated\u00a0a\u00a0two-night special, <em>OWN Spotlight:\u00a0Where Do We Go From Here?<\/em>, that will simulcast on OWN and across all of\u00a0Discovery\u2019s 18 other\u00a0U.S.\u00a0networks on June 9 and 10.<\/p>\n<p>The special features Oprah Winfrey as she speaks directly with a range of Black thought leaders, activists and artists about systematic racism and the current state of America.\u00a0Featured guests include politician\u00a0Stacey Abrams; journalist Charles M. Blow; Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms; Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay\u00a0(<em>When They See Us<\/em>, <em>13th<\/em>, <em>Queen Sugar<\/em>); professor\u00a0and author\u00a0Jennifer Eberhardt (<em>Biased<\/em>);\u00a0journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning founder of the\u00a0\u201c1619 Project\u201d Nikole Hannah-Jones; historian and author Ibram Kendi (<em>How to Be an Anti-Racist<\/em>); award-winning actor David Oyelowo\u00a0(<em>Selma<\/em>);\u00a0Color of Change founder\u00a0Rashad Robinson;\u00a0and NAACP national board member\u00a0Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.<\/p>\n<p><em>Where Do We Go From Here?<\/em> will also stream for free on the\u00a0Watch OWN\u00a0and Discovery Family TVE apps, as well as\u00a0OWN\u2019s Youtube, Facebook and Instagram channels\u00a0and be available on Discovery\u2019s global platforms in more than 200 countries and territories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been having private conversations with friends and thought leaders about what\u2019s next and where we go from here,\u201d said Winfrey. \u201cI thought it would be both of interest and service to bring their ideas, concerns and comments into a national spotlight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a network dedicated to supporting and uplifting Black lives, OWN is committed to providing our community with important dialogue and helpful resources in this challenging time as we mourn the murder of George Floyd and ask ourselves how can we come together to create meaningful change,\u201d said Tina Perry, president of OWN. \u201cI am proud that our Discovery family has joined us to amplify this message in solidarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no one like Oprah to bring us all together at this critical moment in our history to offer insights, perspective and action,\u201d said David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery, Inc. \u201cWe are honored to partner with OWN and use our global reach to amplify this important discussion about the global issues of economic and social justice and equality to a potential audience of one billion people across more than 200 markets in a way that only Discovery can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has slated a two-night special, OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?, that will simulcast on OWN and across all of Discovery\u2019s 18 other U.S. networks on June 9 and 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":14629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1821,4948,2047],"class_list":["post-14628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-oprah-winfrey","tag-own","tag-own-oprah-winfrey-network","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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