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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.

Hoff – I Should've Used A Fork & Knife!


David Hasselhoff doesn't regret making that drunken video that was all over the Internet last week, but he is a bit disgusted by his own manners. "I wish I'd used a knife and fork to eat that [bleeping] burger," he tells Piers Morgan, Brit journo and the Hoff's "America's Got Talent" co-judge, via MSNBC. Morgan adds that the "Baywatch" star is "an insecure man who just wants to be loved." Hasselhoff, as we all know, was filmed by his daughter while he appeared to be in a drunken stupor in Las Vegas, and the tape was leaked to the media in the midst of Hoff's custody battle with wife Pamela Bach. Morgan adds that the Hoff has "a massive ego," and refers to his "Knight Rider" and huge-in-Germany days incessantly.

Paris to Serve in Pink Underwear?


Could this be the answer to Paris' prayers? The infamous "Sheriff Joe" Arpaio, who runs the controversial "Tent City" facility outside of Phoenix where inmates are forced to wear striped uniforms, pink underwear, and serve in chain gangs, says he's spoken to L.A. jail officials and offered to take Paris off their hands for her sentence. According to KTVK-TV in Phoenix, the Chief of Jails is actually considering the offer, because of severe overcrowding in his own facilities.

Party Favors: Jacko's Nephew the Next "Thriller"? ... Whitney's "Straight as an Arrow" Says Label ... NBC to Trump: You're Fired!


Michael Jackson's nephew Austin Brown is being groomed by the star choreographer of "Stomp the Yard" to be the next big thing, reports Chris Yandek of TheSportsInterview.com. David Scott tells Yandek that Brown is "incredible" and that they're working on "some stuff that's gonna hit the streets in a second." ... Whitney Houston is "straight as an arrow" according to her record label, refuting reports yesterday on FOX News that she seemed to be in an altered state at the big celeb party in the Bahamas last weekend. ... NBC left Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" off its fall schedule yesterday, though it reserved the right to bring back the show at some point later in the season.

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31. Mr. Kettle, say hello to Mr. Pot.

Well put Blah.

Posted at 9:19AM on May 15th 2007 by Seriously

32. If a white person EVER said something like that there would be a protest march w/ the bigest racist of them all leading the way Sharpton. Oprah was never a servant and lets make one thing very clear there are a ton of white people who were treated pretty bad when they came to this country enough w/ your bitch'in worry about your own life and not something that happend before you were born. In the city of Boston its the black gangs killing each other.You can't even walk down the street in some areas. Give me a break!!!!

Posted at 9:20AM on May 15th 2007 by Get over yourself

33. All you "good White Folk" that work for her should quit...I'm sure you can't..if you are like the rest of the world we need our pay check....but..any that can..should then she could hire all blacks..and the show would go into another way of looking at things..there are plenty of blacks who would love the work and we would be glad to be rid of her ...pleasing us by using her white staff...'cause they know what we whites like and want to see..she's been picking white brains for years..and who is getting rich..not the ones with the brains...

Posted at 9:28AM on May 15th 2007 by Dorothy

34. Yeah 41. She just called us white. If that isn't racism I don't know what is. Hell. What Imus said was wrong, but at least he didn't say anything about someones color. I mean heck. You know how black people say "Black is beautiful." Imagine if people picked up a magzine and opened it. And it said, "White is beautiful." That's kinda messed up isn't. Black this and black that. That's the stuff that's racist.
Again. Oprah is racist. And so is Imus.

Posted at 9:25AM on May 15th 2007 by Racists Suck No Matter What Color They Are

35. Rarely does an Oprah show conclude without the diva pompously making racist comments. And it seems to make all but the African American audience members uncomfortable. No doubt if a white person did the same, the African American people would, too, be ill at ease, but RACISM BY WHITES IS NEVER NEVER ALLOWED!!!!!
Oprah is one of the biggest racists in front of a camera today. That's why I don't tune her in anymore.

Posted at 10:22AM on May 15th 2007 by Rubee

36. LMAO "Seriously". Well put!!

Posted at 9:25AM on May 15th 2007 by Liz

37.

SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH IS GETTING AWAY WITH TO MUCH

STUFF ............ IF A "WHITE " PERSON , SAY THAT , IT WOULD

BE ALL OVER THE NEWS IN A HEART BEAT .


JUST LIKE SHARPTON AND JACKSON , THEY'RE BOTH

HYPOCRITS .............THESE TWO AREN'T SPOKESPERSONS

.


YES OPRAH IS RACIST , SHE'S NOT GOING TO ADMIT IT .

HAVE YOU EVER SIT BACK AND JUST LISTEN TO OPRAH

SPEAK , WHEN SHE'S WITH AFRICAN AMERICANS OR EVEN

"WHITE FOLKS" , >> THAT'S WHAT OPRAH SAID

Posted at 9:29AM on May 15th 2007 by ITS TRUE "OPRAH " IS RACIST , PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT SHE SAYS

38. I can't believe how ignorant some of the post are on this board. Do any of you really think Oprah is a racist. She has more white people working for her than black people.



You really need to go back and read a history book. Oprah grew up during Jim Crow. Her poor grandma could only hope that she would grow up and work for a good white person that would treat her right if worked as a servant or maid. Oprah is saying I worked hard and now I have some really great white people working for me. She is saying look how fair African-Americans have come in this country.



It is an aspiring story and if some of you white people did not spend so much time being envious of successful African-Americans and spent more time working hard you could be like Oprah.



Read the entire speech that she gave at Howard and use a little reading comprehension to understand what she is saying. You are showing why so many people are sending their children to private schools.

Posted at 12:11PM on May 15th 2007 by LAURA

39. "Are you kidding" I guess you're one of those white women - I must have hit a never huh? Try to pull your head of your ass. I have a lot of respect for Condeleza Rice, and she's rich - I have no respect for Oprah and no - I don't like her.

Posted at 9:33AM on May 15th 2007 by c

40.
BY THE WAY , DID YOU KNOW MOST "WHITE FOLKS " ARE THE

ONES WHO VISIT HER SHOWS THE MOST . WHAT DOES THAT

TELL YA ??? WHY IS THERE MORE "WHITE FOLKS" AT HER SHOW

THAN "AFRICAN AMERICANS " HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF THAT

QUESTION???????

Posted at 9:34AM on May 15th 2007 by MORE "WHITE FOLKS" VISIT HER SHOW THAN "AFRICAN AMERICANS , WHY ???

41. by the way - maybe if you buy lots of lots of tickets to her show, she'll give you a car too! Faithful sheep! LONG LIVE OPRAH! right....

Posted at 9:33AM on May 15th 2007 by c

42. White Person Here!!!! I'm not offended, why? Because, what she said was not racist. Come on you guys dont you have anything else to do? Beleive me, there is a life outside of the trailer parks.

Posted at 9:33AM on May 15th 2007 by Are you kidding?

43. Oprah is just perpetuating the whole race controversary. This from a woman that supposedly is "mak ing this a better world" . I know someone that works for her and that comment is heard quite frequently. What a fraud!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 9:37AM on May 15th 2007 by soooooosad

44. Well I can see where some people would get offended. It does sound to be a bit on the racial side of things. The choice of " Good White Folks" as oppose to just plain "Good Folks. " I understand that her grandmother wanted her to work for Good White Folks but
she should have just said " I have all kinds of Good Folks working for me". What does she only employ white people? Does she not have all types of people working for her? Again she should have said just plain "Folks" to include all.

Which one would be consider a racist?
A white woman saying " Good Black Folks " working for me or a black woman saying " Good White Folks" working for me.

To me it sounds the same.

If it was taking out of context, then maybe she should apologize and clarify herself to those who found it offensive.

Posted at 9:38AM on May 15th 2007 by Geeeezzzzz

45. Oprah looks constipated in this picture. Thats funny

Posted at 9:38AM on May 15th 2007 by NIC

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