why i hate "oprah fucking whitey"

so oprah has given this atlanta based school with a donation of $365K. now this is wonderful, and she should be thanked for being so generous with her money. but as i dug a little deeper(through cnn.com) i saw the actual interview with mr.clark and realized that oprah whitey did not do enough. mr. clark stated that it cost $2.4M dollars a year to keep his school open and operating. $2.4 MILLION DOLLARS!!! and oprah donates a measly $365K. oprah's donation will only cover about 15% of the total cost for keep the school open. i know its not my money, but i have a problem with that. if she was really inspired by the school, why not give enough to keep the doors open for at least year. but again that is just what i would have done.

now oprah states that she built the school in africa because she had made a promise to mr. nelson mandela and of course oprah has to keep her promises. and i aint mad at the fact she built the school, but i will admit i have not looked at oprah the same since. i can not understand why the "rich and well to do people" in the country care more about the children in other countries than they do the ones in america. it seems that somehow the children are suffering because they do not have proper guidance to want to become more than they are.

part of my new fond anger with oprah stems from oprah and her feelings toward inner-city youth. the article first appeared in Newsweek back in Jan of 2007. This is a direct quote from the article( which i had to find using my school's library, so good luck)

"I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there," she says. "If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school."

“I was a poor girl who grew up with my grandmother, like so many of these girls, with no water and electricity,” said the talk show host, dressed in a formal pink dress that reached the floor.

does oprah not realize we, americans, live in a country founded on money. of course the children of this country want the finer things in life because they see them on tv all the time. commercial after commercial trying to sell popularity and confidence to the children. think about it, if there are some people in africa that do not have running water, then it would be a safe assumption to say that they do not have access to tv. so their respect for the finer things in life would include going to school and having the basic necessities in life. but in america the values are different. and it bothers me that a woman would turn her back on "her" people because they have become a product of their environments.

then in the article she goes and says the most offensive thing:

"Say what you will about the American educational system--it does work," she says. "If you are a child in the United States, you can get an education." And she doesn't think that American students--who, unlike Africans, go to school free of charge--appreciate what they have."

i want to know the last time oprah really visited an inner-city school. better yet when was the last time she left out her neighborhood and looked around. there are poor children everywhere. and it really bothers me that she would count the "poor" children out in america, because they do not understand the reasoning behind their lack of "what-have" you. i will continue with this series later..its time to get ready to take my poor black ass to work. because its obvious to me that i aint worthy of no oprah help.

Lady Sleaze out...peace