Monday, May 14, 2007
She said what?!
Oprah talked about having "gotten herself some good white folks" in her commencement address this weekend. She's been talking about it on her radio show, too, saying that she and her business partner have "an almost all white staff . . . good white folks” because "she does not have to appease the white people in the country" and that she and Gayle "will not rest until every ‘black boy’ and every ‘black girl’ has had a chance to prove their worth."

Okay, have you breathed out yet? When I heard this, on my radio, in Oprah's own voice, I was stunned. Is this the "tat" to Imus's "tit"? Doesn't it seem like blatant racism, albeit in reverse? Does she control so much money that no one wants to risk pissing her off? If that's not the reason, then why isn't anybody yelling and screaming? Once again, I ask, "what am I missing"?

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Anonymous Anonymous — at 8:10 AM, May 14, 2007:
You have to give her her due, she's rich, famous and very influential, she does some good things like influencing people to read through her book club. But underneath it all, she's a flake and an airhead.
 

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