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Back to original thread , Oprah Winfrey has come in for some criticism here in the US not because she opted to spend her money in South Africa but the way she pushes her good works on TV show and specials as a modern day Mother Teresa, (she doesn't heal the lame , just pays for an orthopedic surgeon to do the good works , but makes sure a TV camera is available for both before and after shots)
It should also be noted she is from the south , an area devastated over a year ago by hurricane Katrina, to this day both Black and White communities all along the Gulf coast are still sites of devastation and folks still living in tent cities, but it doesn't make for good television viewing figures.
Maybe ,maybe not, Oprah as helped the folks out along the Gulf Coast I dont know, but her comments that African children are more grateful/deserving than American kids I find offensive , her comments that Black American kids are more intersted in ipods and sneakers than getting a decent education is way out of line . (Again it makes better television ,poor black babies, throw in a safari, lions and elephants and you have a great TV show)
Some Black Americans have criticsized her for her harping on about South Africa being her homeland , she has as much in common with the Bantus and Zulus as I being an 'Anglo-Saxon' have with the Greeks or Bulgarians, any African genes she has are from West Africa , remember the TV show 'Roots'