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Originally Posted by miss_perfect
This is my thing: I think her story is great. I applaud anyone who comes from a bad past and works their ass off to make something of themselves. Oprah is living proof that you don't have to be a victim all your life.
However, it seems like she is veering further and further away from empowering others and moving closer to celebrity and self-worship.
So, I'm torn between admiring her strength and courage and disliking her Hollywood pandering.
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I used to think so, but I keep seeing her do stuff like:
-- create a gift registry for Katrina victims, where you can buy A HOUSE if you want, or just household items that people need (talk about charity)
-- go to New Orleans and see the Superdome for herself, actually GO INSIDE, despite Mayor Nagin's insisting it would be too overwhelming (talk about bravery)
-- create an Angel Network
-- appear on national television without makeup (and Lord knows she's a hard woman to look at without it!)
So all I can say about Oprah is that she's become "bourgie" (as in "boo-jhee," a derogatory term Blacks call other Blacks who "act white" or seem to have gotten away from their po' black rootz). But won't millions upon millions of dollars make anyone "bourgie," LOL?