By Robert R. Barney
I made this prediction on RaceRap.Com, our sister site several weeks ago, as well as to my family and friends. I don't think many believed me because of the subject matter. The subject Oprah and her support of Barak Obama. I predicted that her endorsement would backfire and that voters would see this move for what it was. A black person supporting a black candidate only because he is black. That is the Plain Truth folks, and many angry e-mails being sent to Oprah agree with my contention. Even blacks are angered at Oprah in these e-mails and some are suggesting that Obama lost the New Hampshire because of the Oprah endorsement! I stated that this would happen the day after her endorsement on RaceRap!
Oprah Winfrey has made billions convincing WHITE America that she is color blind. She has the major media helping her make this imagine as a black woman, who cares about everyone regardless of color. It is just a fairy tale and most are just too afraid to expose it. Unlike Bill Cosby or Morgan Freeman who are "the real deal" Oprah is a carefully marketed "brand" invented with a bunch of hype and a dash of lies. Here are some exerpts from Salon.Com:
By continuing to hawk "The Secret," a mishmash of offensive self-help cliches, Oprah Winfrey is squandering her goodwill and influence, and preaching to the world that mammon is queen.
By Peter Birkenhead Salon.Com
Why "venality"? Because, with survivors of Auschwitz still alive, Oprah writes this about "The Secret" on her Web site, "the energy you put into the world -- both good and bad -- is exactly what comes back to you. This means you create the circumstances of your life with the choices you make every day." "Venality," because Oprah, in the age of AIDS, is advertising a book that says, "You cannot 'catch' anything unless you think you can, and thinking you can is inviting it to you with your thought." "Venality," because Oprah, from a studio within walking distance of Chicago's notorious Cabrini Green Projects, pitches a book that says, "The only reason any person does not have enough money is because they are blocking money from coming to them with their thoughts."
Here is some more quotes from the story:
Oprah has areputation for doing good -- she probably has more perceived moral authority than anyone in this country -- and she has done a lot of good. But in light of her zealous support of a book that says, in this time of entrenched, systemic, institutionalized poverty, this time of no-bid contracts for war profiteers and heckuva-job governance, that "you can have, be, or do anything," isn't it reasonable to ask about why she does what she does, and the way she does it? http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/03/05/the_secret/
It is clear to me and any other honest person that Oprah Winfrey is the loser with her endoresement of Barak Obama, and she should be. She is not the person the media has made her out to be. She is Al Sharpton-but smarter
On the other hand black stars like Bill Cosby and Morgan Freeman are doing more to help sooth racial tensions in American than a thousand Oprah's could every do. They are geniune. They understand to rid America of bigotry all races must stop their "hiddden agenda's" and become just people. Morgan Freeman summed this up the best when he said, "I don't want to be thought of as the best black actor in America, I want to be thought of as a great actor." Color has nothing to do with it. Shamefully, Oprah is not what she claims to be.
