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May 15th, 2007 by Evil Beet


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“I regret that she didn’t live past 1963 and see that I did get some really good white folks … working for me.”

Oprah Winfrey, at Howard University’s commencement ceremony, on her grandmother’s hope that she would find “some good white folks” to work for.


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11 Responses to “Quotables”

  1. Jim Says:
    May 15th, 2007 at 7:07 pm

    cbs should fire her.

  2. Mistress Says:
    May 15th, 2007 at 10:14 pm

    I love Oprah!

    She inspires me to wanna start a fuckin’ company and get some good whites on the payroll.

    Gotta love her.

  3. Evil Beet Says:
    May 15th, 2007 at 11:29 pm

    LOL at “cbs should fire her.”

    But I love Oprah, too.

  4. MEREDITH Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 5:52 am

    HOW REFRESHING. BRILLIANT

  5. Cypress Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 6:27 am

    You misinterpret.. she was using the quote terminology in the way her mother spoke. It was without evil intent.

  6. MiJo Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 9:20 am

    If a white person had said this about black people, there wouldn’t be enough hours in the day for Al Sharpton to go ape shit over this.

  7. cujokay Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 1:02 pm

    Quoting her grandmother was fine. Her follow-up comment was self-serving and unnecessary.

    It would have been just as effective had she followed up with, “I achieved that and more”.

  8. Tanster Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 1:58 pm

    Oprah is openly racist, has been for a long time. This doesn’t really surprise anyone. And yes MiJo, you are right.
    If someone said “I regret that she didn’t live past 1963 and see that I did get some really good black folks…working for me” they would be in a world of trouble. But luckily we live in the age of double-standard racism where ol’ whitey has to accept blatant discrimination or be called a bigot.

  9. HU Grad Says:
    May 21st, 2007 at 2:53 pm

    I was actually among the recent Howard University graduating class and Oprah was such an inspiration!!! I love her! The crowd adored her :)

  10. Annie Says:
    December 20th, 2007 at 7:23 pm

    Oprahs are racist bitch

  11. Spiritual Consultant Says:
    December 29th, 2007 at 4:03 pm

    A lot of people are jealous of:
    “Black” / “Billionaire” / “Oprah”
    Get a life!
    I love and admire her. No matter what, she had to work to get where she is today!
    Hard work is the result not putting people down.
    Check your insecurities!!!

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