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Every black student got accepted to college; from this high school
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VoiceofReason

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Apr 4 2013, 01:55 PM
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Apr 4 2013, 01:41 PM
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Too bad Oprah financed institutions in Africa, instead of donating locally.

Thank you!

I'm happy for the little African girls. But, as they say, we got plenty needy right here.
The cold part about it was Oprah did that intentionally.
Most actions are intentional. What do you mean?
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VoiceofReason

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Apr 4 2013, 02:00 PM
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Too bad Oprah financed institutions in Africa, instead of donating locally.
<br />Thank you! <br /><br />I'm happy for the little African girls. But, as they say, we got plenty needy right here.
The cold part about it was Oprah did that intentionally.
...shhhh...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />No one is supposed to know that<br /><br /><br /><br />
I don't know what you guys are referring to.

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Rick1
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What were her intentions?
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Doctor Magnus Warlock
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Oprah somehow felt that blck in Africa deserved her money more than blacks in America.

She labored under the belief that the funds would go to waste here in America, and totally maximized in Africa.

I am certain, the opposite happened in Africa, but I would need to look that up to verify.
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Rick1
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I don't blame her. If she had given money to upgrade predominantly black schools neglected by white school boards, she would have been called a racist.
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Doctor Magnus Warlock
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I don't look at her with good favor.

She could have kept an eye on private black schools if she decided to fund them. She could have hired a firm to do that for her.

Instead, she invested in Africa, and still had some sort of scandal.

She felt that blacks in America would not appreciate her money, well the Africans showed her.
Edited by Doctor Magnus Warlock, Apr 4 2013, 02:31 PM.
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VoiceofReason

I could see her point regarding the use of the funds. In America she would have to jump all sorts of horses and hula hoops just to get something built. Not to mention staffing. Pension costs, etc.

In Africa, there's probably none of that.

Were I a billionaire, even a multi-millionaire, I'd find a way. Hell, I'm neither and am doing my part now.

Oh well, nobody's perfect.
Edited by VoiceofReason, Apr 4 2013, 02:35 PM.
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Doctor Eros Fandango
Apr 4 2013, 01:55 PM
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Apr 4 2013, 01:41 PM
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Too bad Oprah financed institutions in Africa, instead of donating locally.

Thank you!

I'm happy for the little African girls. But, as they say, we got plenty needy right here.
The cold part about it was Oprah did that intentionally.
She had her reasons

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Oprah has chosen South Africa as the birthplace of this intensely personal work because "it is the country of new beginnings, only 12 years out of Apartheid, and also because of my deep love for Nelson Mandela and all that he means to this country and to the world." In a country where violence against females is epidemic, where many girls under the age of 10 have already been raped, where the estimate for HIV infection in children and adults is one in eight, and more than 36 percent of black women are unemployed, often illiterate, and subsisting in tin shanties, a chance like this for a young African girl is akin to suddenly finding yourself on a rocket to the moon

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Building-a-Dream/2#ixzz2PWQAEqBf
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Doctor Magnus Warlock
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Yep,

A whole lotta drama happened at the school she funded.

What makes that drama less dramatic than anything that would have happened here?


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Rick1
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Money makes niggas act up. Even in Africa.
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