13.9.07

Oo!prah and the Color Green

"Despite the innumerable exploitative workings of the capitalist pyramid scheme which enable the obscene opulence of Oprah and her miniscule number of peers (while concurrently damning billions of others to live in varying degrees of economic misery), she certainly has no qualms. In fact, she gushes about her unconscionable accumulation of treasures."

A partially true and partially false article about a partially okay (overrated) philanthropist. It makes some seriously good points about meritocracy and false charity including this:

In a world where 30,000 children die of starvation each day, Oprah has elected to build a posh, luxurious academy equipped to educate a mere 152 girls. Winfrey’s scheme was such an abuse of resources that the South African government withdrew its support of the project.

1 comment:

Lucretia - that will do for now said...

Actually Carmen you make a good point here.

I viewed the opening of "Oprah's School" on cable TV.

I scratch my head at the thought behind such a "selective" school in the middle of misery and poverty.