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Oprah - I've Got "Good White Folks"

Oprah Winfrey wishes her beloved grandma was still around -- to see the "good white folks" that are under her domain.

The media queen told a group of graduates at the Howard University commencement Saturday that her grandmother's wish was that Oprah would someday work for some "good white folks." How the tables have turned, said Oprah, now that those "good white folks" are working for her. Oprah's grandma worked as a servant in Mississippi in the 1950s, and the younger Winfrey has often invoked her as an inspiration and a guiding force in her life.

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16. Have you listened to the speech? If you listen to the ENTIRE portion of the speech you'll understand the CONTEXT of this comment. Why does TMZ and other media entities feel the need to promote this comment in such a way that makes it sound "racist" and negative??? Basically, her grandmother was a "servant" who worked for white people and that was all she knew. She wanted the best for her grandaughtter and told her that she hoped Oprah was able to find some "good white people" to work for that treat her well. In the speech, Oprah says that she wishes her grandmother were alive today so that she could see that, today, not only was she able to find "good white people" to work FOR but even able to find "good white people" to work FOR HER - way beyond what her grandmother could even fathom back in the 1940's, 50's and 60's. How can this be considered racist??? What's racist is the system that created her grandmother's mentality to believe that a black person would not be capable of being in a power position and that the only options black people would have in employment would be to work in a subservient position for white people. Oprah's accomplishments have reach far and beyond this wish from her grandmother - again, please tell me WHAT IS RACIST ABOUT THIS COMMENT????

Posted at 12:50PM on May 15th 2007 by DocMD

17. GOOD WHITE FOLKS? What if some white folk said they had some "Good black folks" in thier life? Would that be considered a racist statement? It's just the way it is said that kind of makes me cringe. I happen to like Oprah and think she is brilliant in what she has achieved...the statement just gives me racist "willies". Normally a statement like this wouldn't even give me a second thought, but in lew of all the racist words being said or unsaid...it makes me wonder just how careful do we need to be?

As far as David Hassellhoff (sp) goes. Babe please go to rehab and really take a good look at yourself.

Paris Hilton--I don't care where you go to jail or what color your underwear is. Just GO already. ZZZZZZ.

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Posted at 8:59AM on May 15th 2007 by jProud American Author

18. What Oprah said was ridiculous-THERE ARE NO "GOOD WHITE FOLKS"!

Posted at 9:02AM on May 15th 2007 by THAT'S RIGHT-I SAID IT

19. and this is a surprise to anyone that she's racist? She believes she is our "conscience." I was apalled that she told "white Americans" not to call those in New Orleans "refugees." Who the hell did she think she was. No one meant anything racist or ugly about that term. Just that those displaced people were looking for shelter. I've always disliked this woman.

Posted at 9:01AM on May 15th 2007 by c

20. Oprah is actually prejudiced against minorities. She hates that she herself is a black woman. She probably only hires whites because she wants to be the only "sista" in the bunch. She never gives black/minority celebs any air play on her show but she falls over backwards for John Travolta, Tom Cruise and any other pale face that will acknowledge her.

Posted at 9:08AM on May 15th 2007 by Be on say

21. First of all, I'm not going to argue with any of you to day.. Now, lets get down to the issue. You all owe Oprah an apology.. I understand what she was referring to, apparently you people don't. Oprah was referring to a Grandparent in Mississippi during the Segregation. If your too Young to understand the two primary Words "Mississippi" and Segregation" You need to look it up. YES, in Mississippi in her Grandmothers time, she would have been referred to as a "Servant". She was a Black Woman in a White Society, and Blacks in those days in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina were not considered as having rights. Separate schools, Separate entrances into movie theaters, could not eat in white cafe's or restaurants, could not drink from community water fountains, and had to stay in the back of the bus, and standing if there were seats in the rear, so that white people could set down. You, that are too young to remember You have no idea the brutality, the killing, the riots that occurred, and most of those where white people against black.

To put it very blankly, Oprah's Grandmother had lived her entire life as a second class citizen, and she did not anticipate that life for the Black People would ever change, so she was wishing her Granddaughter an easier life, working for people who cared for her. Oprah was stating, life has changed. So get over the racist issue, and KKK you have a problem, and the reference to the "KKK" is not funny. And to bust all of your bubbles, I am White. I was raised in the South, in Louisiana during Segregation. How would you like to have the small housing project you live in, have a 10 foot chain length fence placed around it, with gates and locks. I for one am ashamed of everyone of you that went off on Oprah this morning. You, have never walked in her shoes....

Posted at 9:03AM on May 15th 2007 by GrandmaToo

22. Oprah is a racist. And reverse racism is happenin' everywhere. You all see the way oprah acts and talks. If you pay attention in detail to her and the things she does and the way she acts. You will see she is racist towards white people. And you will also see that in the way other black people that are famous act. Al Sharpton for instance.
I'm white and I don't owe either one of you two anything. Or any other black person for that matter. But I can tell you they are gonna use that you owe me because you're white thing out over, and over, and over. Because some white people are dumb enough to let them do it.
Tiger woods. He is black. He is not a racist. Look at the way he acts differently from Al Sharpton and Oprah.

Posted at 9:05AM on May 15th 2007 by Racists Suck No Matter What Color They Are

23. Double standard?

If a rich white person had said "I have good black folks working for me", the media would be outraged. So, why is Oprah not held accountable for her racist remarks? I am white and offended by her remarks.

Posted at 9:05AM on May 15th 2007 by Stephanie

24. Does it not bother the black community that only a very small percentage of the people that Oprah employs are black? Her company is run by mostly white people. Oprah, it's time to help out the rest of us. If you really cared about the black mans burden, you would hire black men.

Posted at 9:09AM on May 15th 2007 by Frau Blueker

25. I am offended and want to be part of the lawsuit about to take place. ...if it's good for the goose...

Posted at 9:09AM on May 15th 2007 by JL

26. Yes, we constantly have to step around the black person's feelings. This term buggs them, that term buggs them. What the hell do we care? I guess if it makes them feel more in control - whatever. We don't get bent out of shape when they call us names or are racists towards us, because we could care less. So what?

Posted at 9:11AM on May 15th 2007 by c

27. i do not like oprah, nor will i ever. she has been a racist for YEARS. all of her "do good for the little people" is nothig but self promoting. and will any luck at all, she WILL choke on that chocolate bar. she's a pig.

Posted at 9:11AM on May 15th 2007 by whynot

28. It is very difficult for me to try and raise my daughter to judge people by the content of their hearts and not the color of their skin when someone like Oprah Winfrey brings race into her speech in such a negative way. Had it been the other way around and someone commented on how marvelous it was that Howard University is doing such a spectacular job educating so many black people the outcry would be huge. It can't be both ways.

Posted at 9:16AM on May 15th 2007 by Wendy

29. WOW how quickly people will jump on the racist wagon. It was clearly not a racist statement.More of an illustration of how things have changed for african americans in this country since her grandmothers time.cmon people.

Posted at 9:20AM on May 15th 2007 by DARRAL

30. I know Oprah is right up there with God, but I take offense to her comment. If a white person had said that, all hell would've broken loose. Oprah seems angry and her comment was intended to show us "nice white folk" what our place is in her world. Between Oprah and Al Sharpton, it seems that reverse discrimination is alive and well in the United States. And becoming more pervasive every day. Maybe we should try to get Oprah taken off the air for that comment. Yeah right...when pigs fly.

Posted at 9:18AM on May 15th 2007 by Liz

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