According to tmz.com, It seems Oprah still has a soft spot for white kids. While her new South African school for girls grabbed headlines, Oprah has also been lending a helping hand to some ultra-white establishments. According to FOX News, Winfrey gave $1 million to Miss Porter's, an exclusive finishing school in Connecticut, where she sent her nieces. Annual tuition is $38,000, and graduates include Jackie Kennedy, the Vanderbilts and the Rockefellers. The talk show queen has also contributed to Chicago's Lake Shore Academy, whose student body is pretty much entirely white.Hmmmm, this makes me think...I mean hey this is America and it's HER money on the one hand, but on the other aren't there ((any good)) predominately black or at least mixed schools that Oprah could send her nieces to? After donating to that school in South Africa which I thought was GREAT, I find it hard to believe such a donation couldn't be made to a school here!
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In an interview with Diane Sawyer, Oprah said that she does a lot that most folks don't know about. She went on to mention that she'd put more than 150 men through Morehouse. I applaud her for that.
What Oprah said recently about inner city kids being superficial and not caring about learning (or something to that effect) kind of bothered me. I feel like she is giving up on kids who need the help most.
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