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Butler that served over three decades in the white house. it's told on the backdrop of the sieve rights movement. he sat down with oprah and forrest whitaker. part of that conversation was about the meaning of words, the ones we use, and the ones we choose not to use. look at this. it's the "n" word in the film, it's used very early on. it's not just use the by the guys on the plantation but lbj. >> uh-huh. >> which in those lbj recordings you hear him use it and the film there is a scene where people in the kitchen are saying, see him on tv saying negro and somebody says like when did he st...

Tonight more of the big "360" interview. anderson's candidate conversation with oprah winfrey and about in america and the movie that brought her back to the big screen for the first time in 15 years. that movie opens in theaters today. it's called "lee daniels, the butler" and based on the true story of an african american butler that served over three decades in the white house. it's told on the backdrop of the sieve rights movement. he sat down with oprah and forrest whitaker. part of that conversation was about the meaning of words, the ones we use, and the ones we choose not to use. look ...

Felt connected to george zimmerman in a way but not to trayvon martin. and i wonder if she felt race was not part of this case at all. i'm just wondering -- >> people feel that it's race because they don't call it race. they don't say oh, because you know what i found too? a lot of people, if think they're not using the n word themselves, and do not have -- harbor ill will towards black people that it's not racist. but it's ridiculous not to look at that case and think race was not involved. >> in the film, the n word is used early on. but it's not just used by the guys on the plantation, but ...

People that it's not racist. but it's ridiculous not to look at that case and think race was not involved. >> in the film, the n word is used early on. but it's not just used by the guys on the plantation, but lbj, which in those lbj recordings you hear him use it. in the film, there's a scene where people in the kitchen are saying negro. when did he start to use that word? he always uses the n word. was that hard for you? i know you have spoken about the importance of not using that word. >> i think it depends on the context of the time which you were raised. i was raised in the '60s -- >> in...

I'm just wondering -- >> people feel that it's race because they don't call it race. they don't say oh, because you know what i found too? a lot of people, if think they're not using the n word themselves, and do not have -- harbor ill will towards black people that it's not racist. but it's ridiculous not to look at that case and think race was not involved. >> in the film, the n word is used early on. but it's not just used by the guys on the plantation, but lbj, which in those lbj recordings you hear him use it. in the film, there's a scene where people in the kitchen are saying negro. when...