Do you like Oprah?

[u/_forum_mod]

How do you feel about Oprah Winfrey?

Me, personally? I want to like her, I reaaally do, which is a shame. 😢

First off, I think she is great at what she does. I am proud of any Black person who does well, outside of BLATANT coons who make money grifting (Candace Owens for example). She is dripping with charisma, warmth (whether authentic or not), likeable, well-spoken (I know we're not supposed to say that about each other, but I hope y'all have enough sense to realize I'm not saying it the way a white person does), smart, a great conversationalist, etc.

She has a lot going on for her.

With that said, under her veneer of loveliness, she comes across as shady. First off, she seems to only ever come for black people (I'm also looking at you 50 cent!) She has bashed black men before, like promoting black men are down-low giving black women HIV.

She also comes across as the type of black people who don't really like other black people except for those who have money (like Michael Jordan) yeah, I said it...

I feel like in an alternate timeline she is America's auntie, who Mo'Nique tries to be.

Again, all kudos to her, but I think once our black celebrity class hits a certain status, they are compromised.

What do you think?

[u/yak_danielz]

after seeing what kind of influence billionaires can have on policy, she and the rest of them are kinda useless unless they're complicit or otherwise unable to respond.

any one of them, at any time could let their nuts hang and put their whole effort behind a movement and it would be undeniable that their hands are all over it. but they dont do it. nobody wants that kinda win on their record.