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By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices

"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 for toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school."

-- Media mogul Oprah Winfrey on her choice for building her leadership school in Africa, as opposed to America (Newsweek)

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• #71 Comment from latwrg1 
  2/18/07 6:03 PM | Permalink

  YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ACT LIKE OPRAH OWE BLACK PEOPLE SOMETHING. AND YES I'AM A BLACK WOMAN.  WE AS AN RACE BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD REWARD OUR PEOPLE FOR NOT WANT TO WORK, LEARN, AND JUST WANT TO BE STRAGHT-UP STUPID.  AN THAT JUST DON'T MAKE NO SENSE. SHE CAN DO WHAT EVER SO WANT TO DO WITH HER $$$$ IT'S HER.  I HAVE TWO TEENAGE CHILDREN. AN IT START AT HOME IF THE PARENTS ARE MATERIALISTIC THEN WHAT YOU THINK WHAT THE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE LIKE. AND WHY IS ALMOST EVERYONE IS SO UPSET WITH OPRAH'S COMMENT. SO THAT WHAT WRONG NOW. WE AS BLACK PEOPLE SOMETIME DON'T LIKE TO HEAR THE TRUE BECAUSE IT HURT SO MUCH. AND I UNDERSTAND IT TOO . WE ALL HAVE COME AND LONG WAY, WE BEEN MISTREATED,RAPE.BEATEN.LYNCH. YOU NAME IT WE'LL BE THROUGH IT.BE WE NEED TO START WORK TOWARD IT. PLEASE WE OWE IT TOO ARE SELF NOT OPRAH BUT US. WUBA118
• #70 Comment from angelacolucci13 
  2/7/07 6:27 PM | Permalink

  i like oprah because of what all that she hsa been through in her life and surving through it all.I think that she would make a very good roal modle. Infact i am following her she is my roal modle. i think that oprah is wonderfull and that she is one of the best people out of celeberties that i like . She has donated alot to our American-Scocity. I think that someday when i Grow up i am going to go and thank her for all that she has done for us!!!!
  
                     Angela Colucci
• #69 Comment from djcozy2005 
  2/7/07 1:57 PM | Permalink

  I am very proud of Oprah. I like that fact that she is not like some of the other Celebrities. She is one that donate money to help people. I look at the work she did down in New Orleans when the hurricane hit. One thing I have learned is that people will talk about you when you are doing good and people will talk about you when you are doing bad. Keep up the good work Oprah. You didn't hear anything about Trump or Gates doing anything did you?
• #68 Comment from malycious122 
  1/22/07 10:47 PM | Permalink

  It's a great thing that she made that contribution to children in Africa, but I feel her comment shows that she has no faith or hope in the children of America. Someone made an investment in her in order for her to get to the level of success that she has reached, and I feel that she should support the underprivileged children in America as well. If she can give cars to her audience members, she can work to establish programs which focus on building the skills and potential of those children who only want material things because they have no one to show them that there is more to life than these things. I'm only 20 years old and I would have respected her more if she made a contribution to the American society.
• #67 Comment from pwhetstone4 
  1/20/07 5:11 AM | Permalink

  OPRAH, GAVE US (YOUTH) AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN GAINING EDUCATION THAT THE YOUTH ARE THINKING TOWARDS THE GOAL THAT HIGHER EDUACATION CAN GIVE .  LOOKING AT TV,PLAY STATIONS  REMOVE US FROM INNER PERSON. RIGHT NOW OUR CHILDREN DO NOT TAKE EDUCATION AS A KEY TO SUCESSS
  ONLY THE FALSE GOD OF RICHNESS. IF DR. KING KING WAS A LIVE HE WOULD HAVE INSTRUCTED THE YOUTH OF TODAY TO STRIVE TOWARDS EDUCATION, BEFORE THE AGE OF 30 OR SO HE HAD HIS DR...
  SPIKE LEE SAID,"WAKE UP "
  WHERE IS THE BLACK CHURCH? WHERE ARE THE PASTORS ? NOONE IS IN THE STREETS I GUESS THE ONLY SAVING THE ONES IN THE CHURCH ,JESSUS CAME TO THE WOMEN AT THE WELL, IN BARS ,IN THE STREETS   THAT'S WHERE HE GOT IS FOLLOWERS THE WERE  AT THE LAKE ,  COLLECTING  TAXES AND CURSING IN THE STREETS, PASTORS ARE YOU REALLY DOING YOUR JOBS REMEMBER WE GOTTA SEE HIM .
  OPRAH KEEP ON WAKING UP EVERYBODY.