Mo About the Big ``O’’ Scam…
All of us as Black people are often told by our White overseers that if Oprah Winfrey can make it in America, so can we. ``So stop complaining and get to work.’’ (Sounds like the voice of a 21st Century Taskmaster, doesn’t it!!) Let’s set the record straight right here and now. This Oprah stuff is a fallacy and a misnomer. Sure she has had success, but what Whites are doing in regards to Oprah isn’t just and borders on racism. There are not endless economic potentials for any people in the world, Black people included. Why, because most wealth is handed down from generation to generation—not really earned from the ground up. And the wealth goes mostly from White hands to White hands. Could the world’s market economies withstand the amount of growth that a tremendously massive expansion of wealth would require? That is if we, as Black people, all became as successful as an Oprah? Probably not, and White wealthy people make sure every day that this exchange and expansion of wealth never happens as they continue to vote Republican and exclude Blacks from the job market(s) and other National and international economic opportunities. Just ask Baby Boy George Bush (you know the Big W) who was born with a silver spoon, a double presidency (illegally gained in both instances) and plenty of wealth in his fat mouth—all because of Big Daddy George and Big Daddy George’s connections & friends. There are few billionaires who start with nothing and go on to create mountains of wealth because the North American economic system has a peculiar way of reinventing wealth for those who already have it—no matter how much education and often even connections one has. Keeping Blacks, especially Black youths, grasping for this brass Oprah ring is cruel & unrealistic and should be stopped by any and all decent, progressive thinking Whites on this planet earth—especially in North America. They should know better. Of course there are opportunities, but they continue to be limited by one’s race and economic standing. Whites walk through life on a cloud created by other Whites who give them walking papers and admission to the back rooms in D.C. and the Board Rooms on Madison Avenue and Wall Street where the real money changers and wealth creators & their ideas are often chiseled, created, polished, christened, groomed & launched. If they fail, they start over again and re-launch. Even the top notch business school graduates are not necessarily allowed to walk among the rich and powerful, if they don’t cut the right mustard with the right people—and more often than not those people remain White Anglo Saxton, White Protestant, White Episcopal, White Catholics and, oh yes, ``White’’ Jews. . . So stop with all the baloney & bellyaching about the ``great success’’ of Oprah. Those of us who know the real deal know she was granted success because she really doesn’t press the envelope much (if at all) about the desperately needed liberty of her people right here in America... She would really rather sit down and chat with a Black man in drag (Tyler Perry) than Farrakhan or even a progressive rapper like Common or a progressive R & B singer like John Legend. She is not interested in reshaping the lucrative Rap industry into something more humane, sane and Black-woman friendly--even though she could make a mountain of money doing so. But she will point the finger at a rap star (Chris Brown who is really just a child himself) who hits his beautiful Black Bashan girlfriend and say ``he will do it again’’ right on National TV. Has she ever looked very deeply into the gangster rap phenomenon-–with its worship of Black gangsters and insulting treatment of Black women--and how the rap industry steers and keys up Black children & youth (especially males) to often be like cruel and brutal robots, out of control and right in the midst of our Black community? And how the White record & CD companies and their corporate heads are the ones really making the BIG money off of the objectification of and violence towards Black women specifically? She has never really dealt with Black male-female relationships and the specific challenges Black men and Black women who are trying to make it together face in North America. The economic, social and political challenges they face as couples are not really examined, but the hot-button, sensationalized topics and subjects are covered lavishly. (The Chris Brown / Rihanna COVERAGE IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE).!! There is really Nothing revolutionary about doing a show that would talk about Black male-female relationships (or is there?). It just isn’t on Oprah’s radar because she is too busy coddling and cuddling up with White audiences, especially White middle aged, middle and upper income women. They might not take too kindly to such a show unless she used celebrities—but even that might be too much. This begins to show the real racism in American TV and other media and that Oprah is really on some levels a sham, a fraud and part of a game that is being played on Black people right here in North America by White media wizards (often Jewish). She is the lady with the brass ring that hires few Blacks (Michael Jackson did a lot better at finding professional Black people for his staff than Oprah Winfrey ever did or does--even today!!). She has a multitude of successes on just about every level, but has NOT been able to help many other Black people duplicate such success for themselves. Where are the Black Suzie Ormans, Black Doctor Phils and the Black Bob Greenes? The ruling class of White Americans have taken the Oprah phenomenon and made her a cottage industry for many reasons. The most prominent of which is to keep us as Blacks wanting more of the good life and grasping for the Oprah success ring while we remain mostly a poor and struggling consumer class for White-owned businesses that take our money and have dominated the Wall Street stock markets for generations. Unless we get our act together as a people, get informed and take decisive action they will continue to do so and we will continue to suffer. We desperately need to be more aware, involved and active on all levels. Especially on an economic level. Oprah, your slip is showing—and honey it isn’t pretty at all…
Editor’s Note: There is one thing I have to say for Oprah: She is running a school for girls in South Africa. This is an expensive and highly commendable thing. It may well be more than I will ever get to do for my people. I’m a bit jealous. I wish she could do something like that for young Black girls and boys stateside. We would be very appreciative. There are so many young Black children in need right here in North America. Maybe one day she will. Maybe that school could be right there in Chicago—a city so hard hit by crime and confusion among Blacks recently. I have been to South Africa and I know the specific type of oppression suffered under the Apartheid system there has left many people with some twisted minds and twisted ways of thinking about themselves as Black people. What they deserve as human beings is often forgotten under the hot light of such a cruel and hurtful past. It will take a lot of healing for those girls and ALL South Africans of any race to get past the hurt and grief that the Apartheid system inflicted on that entire Nation. Oprah has chosen to work with a small number of girls, but this is a very big undertaking and I wish her the best of success. If each of us could see that taking on a small thing can have a wonderful and long lasting impact, we would all be much better off. So I’m pleading with Oprah, stop letting you be used by the White Power elite and start that school in Chicago.
All of us as Black people are often told by our White overseers that if Oprah Winfrey can make it in America, so can we. ``So stop complaining and get to work.’’ (Sounds like the voice of a 21st Century Taskmaster, doesn’t it!!) Let’s set the record straight right here and now. This Oprah stuff is a fallacy and a misnomer. Sure she has had success, but what Whites are doing in regards to Oprah isn’t just and borders on racism. There are not endless economic potentials for any people in the world, Black people included. Why, because most wealth is handed down from generation to generation—not really earned from the ground up. And the wealth goes mostly from White hands to White hands. Could the world’s market economies withstand the amount of growth that a tremendously massive expansion of wealth would require? That is if we, as Black people, all became as successful as an Oprah? Probably not, and White wealthy people make sure every day that this exchange and expansion of wealth never happens as they continue to vote Republican and exclude Blacks from the job market(s) and other National and international economic opportunities. Just ask Baby Boy George Bush (you know the Big W) who was born with a silver spoon, a double presidency (illegally gained in both instances) and plenty of wealth in his fat mouth—all because of Big Daddy George and Big Daddy George’s connections & friends. There are few billionaires who start with nothing and go on to create mountains of wealth because the North American economic system has a peculiar way of reinventing wealth for those who already have it—no matter how much education and often even connections one has. Keeping Blacks, especially Black youths, grasping for this brass Oprah ring is cruel & unrealistic and should be stopped by any and all decent, progressive thinking Whites on this planet earth—especially in North America. They should know better. Of course there are opportunities, but they continue to be limited by one’s race and economic standing. Whites walk through life on a cloud created by other Whites who give them walking papers and admission to the back rooms in D.C. and the Board Rooms on Madison Avenue and Wall Street where the real money changers and wealth creators & their ideas are often chiseled, created, polished, christened, groomed & launched. If they fail, they start over again and re-launch. Even the top notch business school graduates are not necessarily allowed to walk among the rich and powerful, if they don’t cut the right mustard with the right people—and more often than not those people remain White Anglo Saxton, White Protestant, White Episcopal, White Catholics and, oh yes, ``White’’ Jews. . . So stop with all the baloney & bellyaching about the ``great success’’ of Oprah. Those of us who know the real deal know she was granted success because she really doesn’t press the envelope much (if at all) about the desperately needed liberty of her people right here in America... She would really rather sit down and chat with a Black man in drag (Tyler Perry) than Farrakhan or even a progressive rapper like Common or a progressive R & B singer like John Legend. She is not interested in reshaping the lucrative Rap industry into something more humane, sane and Black-woman friendly--even though she could make a mountain of money doing so. But she will point the finger at a rap star (Chris Brown who is really just a child himself) who hits his beautiful Black Bashan girlfriend and say ``he will do it again’’ right on National TV. Has she ever looked very deeply into the gangster rap phenomenon-–with its worship of Black gangsters and insulting treatment of Black women--and how the rap industry steers and keys up Black children & youth (especially males) to often be like cruel and brutal robots, out of control and right in the midst of our Black community? And how the White record & CD companies and their corporate heads are the ones really making the BIG money off of the objectification of and violence towards Black women specifically? She has never really dealt with Black male-female relationships and the specific challenges Black men and Black women who are trying to make it together face in North America. The economic, social and political challenges they face as couples are not really examined, but the hot-button, sensationalized topics and subjects are covered lavishly. (The Chris Brown / Rihanna COVERAGE IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE).!! There is really Nothing revolutionary about doing a show that would talk about Black male-female relationships (or is there?). It just isn’t on Oprah’s radar because she is too busy coddling and cuddling up with White audiences, especially White middle aged, middle and upper income women. They might not take too kindly to such a show unless she used celebrities—but even that might be too much. This begins to show the real racism in American TV and other media and that Oprah is really on some levels a sham, a fraud and part of a game that is being played on Black people right here in North America by White media wizards (often Jewish). She is the lady with the brass ring that hires few Blacks (Michael Jackson did a lot better at finding professional Black people for his staff than Oprah Winfrey ever did or does--even today!!). She has a multitude of successes on just about every level, but has NOT been able to help many other Black people duplicate such success for themselves. Where are the Black Suzie Ormans, Black Doctor Phils and the Black Bob Greenes? The ruling class of White Americans have taken the Oprah phenomenon and made her a cottage industry for many reasons. The most prominent of which is to keep us as Blacks wanting more of the good life and grasping for the Oprah success ring while we remain mostly a poor and struggling consumer class for White-owned businesses that take our money and have dominated the Wall Street stock markets for generations. Unless we get our act together as a people, get informed and take decisive action they will continue to do so and we will continue to suffer. We desperately need to be more aware, involved and active on all levels. Especially on an economic level. Oprah, your slip is showing—and honey it isn’t pretty at all…
Editor’s Note: There is one thing I have to say for Oprah: She is running a school for girls in South Africa. This is an expensive and highly commendable thing. It may well be more than I will ever get to do for my people. I’m a bit jealous. I wish she could do something like that for young Black girls and boys stateside. We would be very appreciative. There are so many young Black children in need right here in North America. Maybe one day she will. Maybe that school could be right there in Chicago—a city so hard hit by crime and confusion among Blacks recently. I have been to South Africa and I know the specific type of oppression suffered under the Apartheid system there has left many people with some twisted minds and twisted ways of thinking about themselves as Black people. What they deserve as human beings is often forgotten under the hot light of such a cruel and hurtful past. It will take a lot of healing for those girls and ALL South Africans of any race to get past the hurt and grief that the Apartheid system inflicted on that entire Nation. Oprah has chosen to work with a small number of girls, but this is a very big undertaking and I wish her the best of success. If each of us could see that taking on a small thing can have a wonderful and long lasting impact, we would all be much better off. So I’m pleading with Oprah, stop letting you be used by the White Power elite and start that school in Chicago.
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