Rebecca Traister absorbs the meaning of Oprah’s last show:
Oprah has made blackness more visible, has helped familiarize a country’s daytime audiences — not always the most politically progressive — with people they might otherwise not have known. Thanks to her, viewers know Steadman and Gayle, Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou. Her book club members have read “Song of Solomon,” “Sula,” and three books by Faulkner with race at their core.
The Dish 