Comments on: Oprah Backlash From Angry White Females

By: katgirl33

katgirl33 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:02:42 +0000

tamel Says:

I continuously fail to understand why black people think Oprah caters to white women.

We call Oprah a sellout but say nothing about Maury, who continues to exploit our community.

Well Tamel, I think that a lot of our people might think that about Oprah by taking a look at her audience……they are mostly white women…the majority of guests on her shows…white…and, more than likely, none of her audience is from the Chicago area…..then there is her view on hip hop….

I personally don’t consider Oprah a sellout…..I think it’s just that people….yeah they mostly white…find her to be influential in their lives.

Now as far as Maury goes…LOL LOL…..he ain’t got no gun to these women’s heads, making them call him to find out which of the 9 dudes they slept with is the baby’s daddy…..we doin it to ourselves….

By: bklynsjm123

bklynsjm123 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:32:49 +0000

I agree w/you wholeheartedly on this one. This is going to be a tough race based on the fact that everything we’ve wanted for years is happening at one time. I would love to see a woman in the white house I’d also like to see a black man in there too. I just hope that the most qualified candidate is chosen based on what they can do and not based on their race or gender.

By: MZN

MZN — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:15:53 +0000

Tamel,

I do agree with everything else that you’ve said. I just had that same conversation with a man a week ago, about BW and handouts,not eating properly,and wasting time watching that garbage Maury Povich and Jerry Springer on TV!

By: MZN

MZN — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:12:05 +0000

To Tamel,

I personally can understand and agree with a lot of what you are saying. But, if you give a black child a book and he/she throws it back to you, that means that, that child has been spoiled in this country. But that’s not just black kids- that’s white kids, native american kids, etc. I mean look at the whole situation. Oprah is on one of the most popular networks around. These same advertisers that are supporting her show, are the same one’s spoiling your kids. Look at the advertisements!!!! They promote
X-Boxes, Playstations, WII’s, etc. So that’s not fair to generalize black children. I’m sure OTHER kids would throw books right back at you as well. Those kids in South Africa, don’t have much over there to begin with, so of course they won’t take Oprah’s school for granted! Americanize that part of South Africa, spoil those kids with video games, and iPods and such (like they do here in America) and see how much they’ll appreciate education after that.
Oprah knows this.

By: Bird

Bird — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:09:48 +0000

Tamel,

I’m with you. Oprah is a credit to our race and some of us still come up with reasons to attack her. I’m pray she takes it with a grain of salt.

By: MZN

MZN — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:34:45 +0000

TT,

That is a very good point. These WW are not trying to hear that.

By: NaturalFromHead2Toe

NaturalFromHead2Toe — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:21:04 +0000

I agree with this post 100%.

By: tamel

tamel — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:08:53 +0000

I continuously fail to understand why black people think Oprah caters to white women. Is it because she talks about issues black people deem unimportant like education, and the benefits of taking care of yourself physically, emotionally, and financially? We call Oprah a sellout but say nothing about Maury, who continues to exploit our community. Oprah’s responsible for many of the movies based on books authored by black women or movies chronicling our history. And guess what, overwhelming, we don’t go see those movies, take the Great Debaters for example. And why should Oprah fill her audience with low income families who aren’t instilling into their children the importance of education? They are looking for a handout, not a hand up. Oprah stated when she opened her school in South Africa that those kids walk to school and are happy to receive a book. You give most children a book here and you might get it thrown back at you.

By: TT

TT — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:52:51 +0000

O was destined to be black BEFORE her parents knew her gender. Think about it………………………

By: the1

the1 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:29:13 +0000

And why shouldn’t she choose her race first? If she was some ordinary woman on the street, she would be a victim of RACIAL profiling not GENDER profiling. As Black people, we’re always black first. I still haven’t made a decision on who I’m going to vote for, but I can appreciate a woman of Oprah’s calibur being true to her convictions regardless of the fact that white woman are the people who are her main supporters.