pkg12's Blog

Would you want people telling you how to spend your money? I'd be ticked off if it was tax payer money. But its her money to do with what she wants. At least she is putting her cash to good and not boozing it up day after day like some stars.

She already said why she didn't build that school here in America...

"I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools (in America) that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there," she said. "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."

Wow, one could almost call that racist...

How can that be racist? Oprah is a smart woman. She knows who deserves the money and education.

I am wondering if grandillusion was making a joke about the racist thing. When I read it I laughed my tail off because it seems on these blogs, EVERY time something negative is said about a black person, someone says they are being a racist. I took it as a joke... grandillusion, if I am wrong, I apoligize

Maybe Oprah is on to something? Lazy, greedy, mis-directed? Sounds about right to me.

Of course it matters, destany1 and grandillusion! It’s Oprah we are talking about. Not someone from the street or just another TV personality! Oprah, a world figure when it comes to “girl power,” gets attention from everyone for her action! She is not Rosie Odonel we are talking about. I am sure she has thought thoroughly before she made her decision about South Africa. If she has said what she has said according to you, it tells me how frustrated she is about the minority here. And we should learn from her to make the situation better. When some “Black Law Makers” are asking for an apology from the Whites and only God knows why, our Oprah is putting her mind and money for some Black kids abroad! She could help 4,000 students at home to graduate from college with $40m. She did not do that! Why? We must analyze that to understand the society’s dynamics here. Otherwise, we will keep ourselves in the dark and make us happy with an “apology!”

Wow, I miss blogging I've been busy at work but, I must comment on this one. I hope one day (soon) Americans will realize, no matter how bad your life seems.......we have it alot better than other countries. If in fact that statement about what Oprah said is true. It's sad to know that the first thing that comes out of a child's mouth is something materialistic. Children should have some type of guidance & direction. What happened to hopes, dreams, education & promising careers. A lot of american children are lazy, greedy, spoiled & mis-directed. Children today don't have half of the responsibility, my parents or grandparents had. I mean some teens don't even have household chores!!!!