31. It's 2006 Oprah get over the "White and Black" issues. I am white and think we are all created equally. Always have, always will. I am also teaching my children to believe the same thing. I think her comments were wrong and she will probably say they were taken out of content as celebrities always do.

Posted at 4:41PM on Sep 25th 2006 by None of your business

32. boy oh boy oh boy, dumb haters!!! Please just listen to the audio and read your history books on slavery. When I was young my mother would clean white people's home for a living also. And she would serve at their fancy affairs. And she would bring home the left overs and say how much these people had there and bring things back that these (rich white people didn't want) home for us to have. Those were the old days when blacks worked for the white man. TODAY there are some white folks working for blacks like Oprah. My brother has a company and most are whites working for him. And for the blacks that say why don't they have more blacks working for them. Sometimes it just doesn't happen that way, or no blacks (in my brothers case) just don't live in the area. But if you know anything about Oprah more than you just read. On her show she has alot of blacks in Harpo productions. Just don't go by what you THINK you heard on the audio. Yes, I think sometimes Oprah is full of herself, damn I would be to if I came from where she came and where she is now. But you can't find to many BILLIONARIES that are out there helping people like she does. Give a sister a break. She is not perfect but she is a good person. And it wasn't a racial comment that she made at all. She was talking about what her grandmother told her to do. But her grandmother would be so PROUD of her today to know where she is now. And every black person and expectally every black women should be so proud of her to. We don't have to wear white people clothes now. And we don't have to clean white peoples houses now. (But there some that still do). Young blacks and white people just don't understand. But don't judge or hate. We don't have MANY black women to be proud but we are getting there. As her being gay. Wrong, she and Gail are just good friends. See you can't find GOOD friends like that now of days. Years ago you had friends that you had since kindergarden. And you still have them. Not now. They want to label you as gay. That's really sad.

Posted at 4:42PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Ginny

33. #32 no of your business, You are totaly wrong. It is nice to think everyone is created equal. Yes, in God's eyes. But not in America. Sad but it is true. She didn't mean any harm in what she said. She is going on what the south was like. But I'm from the North and it was like that for me. We were raised in the 50's when there was people that didn't like us because of our color. Please teach your children that everyone is created the same. PLEASE

Posted at 4:56PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Ginny

34. if you want to get technical about the situation why does oprah have to do every damn thing? she can only give so much. new orleans was hit the worst and it just so happened that, that was a city that was mainly black populated and it didnt seem like no one was willing to help. not even our government. ask george bush why our country is so f***ed up? what the hell has he done? and as far as i know she helps EVERYBODY. whenever she do help people out im not one of those people that are counting to see how many blacks is she giving money too! there's only one person inparticular that is dividing this country and that's your boy george bush!

Posted at 4:57PM on Sep 25th 2006 by michelle

35. The irony here is...Oprah makes it sound so terrible that her grandmother worked for "white people". Like the "white people" took advantage of her somehow because she was black. Yet by employing all "white people", SHE isn't doing anything for the black people, they need jods too!

I am a white woman and if I employed all white people, I would be in trouble with the law because I have to have a certain # of black employees. Why doesn't she?

Posted at 4:58PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Love

36. OK, so lets just say that Oprah didn't mean for it to sound the way it sounded, we have all done that a time or 2. But...if it had been a white person that made that comment about employing only blacks, it would be on the national news (mel gibson). Even if they didn't mean it the way it sounded.

Posted at 4:58PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Love

37. No surprise. It was coming sooner or later. I Saw an Oprah episode last year sometime and Eva Longoria was her guest. They both gloated about the fact they both have white gardeners. “How time’s have changed” Subtle, but powerful remarks for her white viewers. It was nice while the harmony lasted.

Posted at 5:00PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Bine

38. And what about all the other black millionaires. Why must Oprah be the only black billionaire giving away her money. What about our black atheletes? What have and are they doing for the hurricaine Katrina victims. Why must peole expect Oprah to do every damn thing.

White folks are just hypocritikkkal. This woman has put too many talentless white folks on the air. I want her to find a black Rachel Ray, a asian Nick Berkus, or a midget Dr. PHil. Sh*t - equal access for all. But all the white people would still complain. Just whiney as all hell. Oprah a racist? Puhleaze. You didn't think that when she gave millions to your white charities. You didn't think that when she plugged your stupid books. You didn't think that when your worthless products got pushed on her show - which made you white people - more rich. Oprah gives white people what they want - more useless, talentless, arrogant, white people.

Posted at 5:06PM on Sep 25th 2006 by whatever

39. I find it so funny that people are saying read this book, and think back to 19 frickin 50 I didn't know that for a radio show we would need text books dating back 200 frickin years ago LET IT GO. The clear problem is that some people are not able to admit she was dead wrong she made a racist comment. FOR EXAMPLE- Why is it that when Mel Gibson made his comment there was not a line of Jewish people standing up for him he was wrong, he admitted it, and so did several other Jewish people including some that are very very rich and powerful. You can put a twist on anything it still doesn't make it right. She might do good things she might say good things- TODAY SHE DIDN"T admit it, move on, and let it go.

Posted at 5:16PM on Sep 25th 2006 by people are sick

40. Oprah is all about publicity which makes more money for Oprah. Yes she does good in the world, but hasn't anyone ever noticed that it's always via her "Angel Network" which is made up of donations from her audience members, not her personally. I don't know if Oprah ever actually gives any of her own money. So she's taking money from ordinary people out here that are not billionaires to pay for her charity work and it all gets credited to her. All Oprah cares about is money - period.

Posted at 5:18PM on Sep 25th 2006 by girl

41. #38 ok Oprah ass sniffer, WHATEVER.

Posted at 5:24PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Lou

42. No - Mel Gibson situation is completely different. He only apologized because he got caught. (Please read that twice) He had to issue two apologies. This arrogant, talentless white man has been saying and spewing racial hatred for years. It's just that this time he got caught. And all the white people are so quick to make excuses for his racist ass. AmeriKKKa the Beautiful - NOT!

Hollywood is run by Jews. Everybody knows that. So, Mel knew where his bread is buttered. He called Jews and women dispicable names. Don't compare his racial, mysoginistic tirade to Oprah's comments. She was referring to a comment her GRANDMOTHER made. In order to know how far you gotten, you need to know where you have been. Anytime a black person mentions the segrated south - white people come out and droves and say that sh*t didn't happen. Well it did! That's a fact. I think it was a fair comment in it's context. She's comparing how things were to how things are. Her Grandmother never had any expectations that she would ever get this far.

Posted at 5:29PM on Sep 25th 2006 by whatever

43. @whatever: you are too intellegent for these clueless people. they only want to hear what they want and is not fully understanding the statement she made. the day that i will GET OVER IT will be the day when everyone including whites GET OVER IT!

Posted at 5:38PM on Sep 25th 2006 by michelle

44. Wow. There's a lot of hatred out there.

My wife is a huge Oprah fan, and I've watched more episodes of her show than I'd admit to my motorcycle buddies. She's done a lot for white and black people, and at times I've noticed some racist remarks. (Like the high five she shared with Eva Longoria about having white gardeners.) I guess because we expect so much from our celebrities, it's more disappointing when they screw up and I am disappointed by what she said. I had thought she didn't draw the racial line, but I can see I was wrong. Her comment says that she thinks it's cool to have white people working for her, as opposed to her working for whites. It's sad. I thought she was above that sort of thing. I won't lose sleep over it, or get my blood pressure up... it's just one more celebrity proving they don't belong on the pedestal after all.

Posted at 5:40PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Nick

45. Oprah is a racist...A friend of mine was a flight attendent on an American Airlines flight, and told me that Oprah insisted on being served by an African American flight attendent. The finally got the black flight attendent to come up from coach where she was helping the poor folks. She told Oprah, I will be happy to help you.....if you would like to sit in coach. Rumor is, Oprah called the CEO of American Airlines to complain.

I can't look at her without thinking what a fake she is...

Posted at 5:54PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Paul