<<I don't think she is a sellout. I think she is perhaps a fraud and is definitely a liar.
Why? Sometime back there was some unpleasantness in Georgia. There was this all white county that didn't want black people even going through it. Forsythe county was the name. Hosea Williams and some other people got together and held some marches there to protest. Oprah went there to hold a town hall meeting with the folks in the county to hear their grievances. She allowed in no blacks. Just all whites. For an hour she got to stand there and hear how they hated niggers. The piece de resistance came when one white lady, meaning well no doubt, stood up and said, "Y'all been sayin' "nigger, nigger nigger" and Oprah's here--ooop! I'm sorry, Oprah! You ain't no nigger!" Sistagal looked like a Mac truck had hit her. When this atrocity was over, which you couldn't have done if you'd had, say an audience full of people who hated gays or an all Nazi audience w/o any answering, Oprah said she would come back and have a show with the black folks on it. Separate but equal audiences. That should warm your heart, Art. Of course she never did. She doesn't control that show or even who is on. Come forth with your defences of this--then read them in a few weeks and know shame! --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Art McGee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > BTW, sorry to mention Oprah. She was the only interviewer who came to > > my mind and I know a few folks on this list probably already think Miss > > O is a sell-out because of her primarily white middle-class core > > audience. > > No one thinks Oprah is a sellout. She's just being herself. That's cool. > My thing is that I miss the overt political edge that old-school talk > show hosts like Phil Donahue used to bring to the table. I mean, here > was a white guy who would bring on guests such as Frances Cress Welsing, > Louis Farrakhan, and Ayn Rand. Where has the political and intellectual > depth disappeared to, and how do we get it back? It's perfectly > legitimate to ask such questions, and be concerned about the media > ecology and what it feeds us, without ragging on sista Oprah as a > sellout. Oprah isn't a sellout, I just wish there were some more voices > on TV talking about some other topics and issues, that's all. We need > Oprah, but we also need much more than Oprah. > > > Art > http://www.myspace.com/amcgee > -- > Art McGee > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: > http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/DtIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
