Oprah

Americans spend their money any way they like and Oprah is doing the same as anybody else. She has been criticized because she is building a school in South Africa instead of doing something here with her money. A TV segment I saw showed what a nice school she has built there, very impressive. She was cutting a ribbon for the opening when I realized how amazed I was at how black she looked. Not only black but really, really black. I couldn't get my eyes off her. She does not have that color on the Oprah Show, or in pictures of her. I recall that she once had a magazine picture touched up to show a greater weight loss than she had truly achieved. Does she do this also for her show? If so, why do we say "black is beautiful" if black people do not want to be shown as black? Is brown more beautiful than black? Should we be saying "brown is beautiful" because blacks want to be seen as brown? I remember a lady that was working for me in Mississippi chastised me because, in referring to her, I said she was black. She immediately said: "Marcel, look at me, do I look black to you? I am brown and not black." She was proud to be brown. Hmmmm, does Oprah want to be brown ........ like Michael Jackson?