Oprah Winfrey is The Root of All Evil!
Lewis Black has a new show on Comedy Central and I was checking out some clips from The Root of All Evil. In one of the clips it is pointed out that Oprah made some ignorant comments about inner city kids in defending her decision to build a school in South Africa instead of helping schools in the US. I can not do it justice. Watch the clips and let me know what you think.
Comments
Being confined to dial up at home I did not watch the clip. However, I do recall a time when Oprah very generously determined to assist some black American school children, giving them the opportunity of a lifetime, and they didn't appreciate or take full advantage of her help. I believe her decision to try to help African school children was based in part on this discouraging experience in America. I'm fairly certain that Whoopie Goldberg had a similar experience trying to help the poor black community.
Posted by: Tina | March 22, 2008 09:33 PM
Actually Oprah was quoted as saying that inner city kids "would rather have an iPod or new sneakers than a new school." So they asked some inner city kids if they would rather have an iPod or a new $46 million school. Every kid picked the school. they even had the iPod right there to give to each kid and they still picked the new school. So Oprah stuck her foot in her mouth and got called out. You know what she has done to many others. I just see it karma.
Posted by: Jim - Just a Guy | March 22, 2008 10:03 PM