AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login    
Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS    AUTHORS    BOOKS    SAMPLE CHAPTERS    AUDIOBOOKS    eBOOKS    STORIES    ARTICLES    POETRY    BLOGS    NEWS    VIDEOS    SUCCESS    TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors:  Diane Hundertmark, iAlexander Shaumyan, iLaura Cavanaugh, iMichael Charles Messineo, iEmily Karlewicz, iBruce Humphrey, iM. R. Mathias, iValerie Boggess, iBetty Jo Tucker, iRachel Glasgow, i

  Home > Arts/Entertainment > Articles Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry      Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     

B. L. Dotson-Lewis

 Follow Me  

· Contact Me
· Books
· Articles
· Stories
· Messages
· 7 Titles
· 3 Reviews
· Save to My Library
· Share with Friends!
·
Member Since: Jan, 2007

B. L. Dotson-Lewis, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen.


Oprah Winfrey's Greatest Legacy - Oprah's War On Poverty
by B. L. Dotson-Lewis   
Rated "PG" by the Author.
     
Recent articles by
B. L. Dotson-Lewis

• Don Imus "nappy-headed hos"
• Picturing Poverty - Essays out of Appalachia
           >> View all

Oprah Winfrey's war against poverty in South Africa deserves applause, not criticism. Poverty exists in the West Virginia coalfields as well as in Africa. Oprah is taking an active stand against poverty through education.

Oprah Winfrey's war against poverty in South Africa deserves applause, not criticism. Poverty exists in the West Virginia coalfields as well as in Africa. Oprah is taking an active stand against poverty through education.




I’m very proud of Oprah Winfrey for contributing $40 million to build a school in Johannesburg, South Africa in the tiny town of Henley-on-Klip. I am reading in the papers and I have heard criticism towards Oprah saying things like, “Why she did not build this school in America?”

I applaud her efforts. She is working in a positive manner to erase poverty. Her funds are going into building a school. These funds will not dwindle away in administrative fees or to 3rd parties who are trying to decide what to do with the funds earmarked for a poverty region. We all know what Oprah is doing with this 40 million – it is going into building a leadership school in South Africa.

I applaud Oprah for making and keeping a promise to help people who need it the most. Six years ago she promised Mandela she would build a school in South Africa. She is keeping this promise


Want to review or comment on this article?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?
Reviewed by Jim Compton (Reader)
Reviewed on March 8, 2009
I'm afraid the only thing Oprah Winfrey ever truely seeks to improve or enhance is her image. She is a fraud. The only time she does these "good works" is when the cameras are rolling. This 40m school in South Africa??? 40 million was cheap for the publicity she received over it. Funny thing is, the American Press never covered the true story behind that school. Oprah professed to build a school for the disadvantaged, poverty stricken children of South Africa. The children in her school were hand picked from the best private schools in Johannesburg, and had to be in the top 2 percent of their class to qualify to get in to Oprahs school. You see, Oprah didn't want any of those dirty, illiterate children, she needed students who would achieve high marks and shine for the cameras so she could show the world what a wonderful thing Oprah did! The other thing America never heard about...
This was a boarding school, but the parents weren't told that once the child arrived, the parents were never allowed access to them again. NEVER. No visits, no phone calls, no letters or emails. You see, Oprah knows best, and these savages needed to be "weened" from their families and indoctrined into all that is Mother Oprah. The woman who Oprah hired to run this school and care for these children??... was later arrested for physical and sexual abuse against these kids on a monumental scale. I know these things because I lived in Johannesburg at the time. It's amazing what the American Press chooses and chooses not to cover when it comes to news. I guess they have the same mentality that Winfrey does... "If it doesn't effect or benefit me, then who the hell cares about it."

Yes, Oprah is in a War on Poverty...
her OWN.
Take the cameras away and she flies away like a moth when you turn off the porch light.

Popular Arts/Entertainment Articles
  1.  Dirty Cello Band Founder Rebecca Roudm
  2.  A Family Affair Review and Film Poem
  3.  Dolly Parton Your Sparkle Spread Heave
  4.  Jim Henson: Idea Man Review and Film P
  5.  Paris Christmas Waltz Review and Film
  6.  Twisters Review and Film Poem
  7.  The Fall Guy Review and Film Poem
  8.  The Beekeeper Review and Film Poem
  9.  Tony Shalhoub and Monk
  10.  The Sea Beast: Review and Film Poem
  11.  Falling for Figaro Review and Film Poe
  12.  My Ten Favorite Movies of 2024
  13.  Marilyn Monroe Goddess Legend of Love
  14.  Shotgun Wedding Review and Film Poem
  15.  Stephen King's New Books Continue To S
  16.  The Family Legacy of Robert Taylor, Fi
  17.  NYAD Review and Film Poem
  18.  They Call Me Cuba Film
  19.  Shirley Review and Film Poem
  20.  The Festival of Troubadours
  21.  Sly Review and Film Poem
  22.  The Pope's Exorcist: Review and Film P
  23.  The Fabelmans Review/Film Poem
  24.  Oprah Winfrey Winner 2026 Cannes LionH
  25.  Enola Holmes 2: Review/Film Poem

Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

Cinema Stanzas Two: Poet Laureate of the Movies by Betty Jo Tucker

This award-winning sequel to "Cinema Stanzas: Rhyming About Movies" serves as a fun resource for fans of both movies and poetry.  
Member BookAds

Shadows and Meadows of the Past by John Bidwell

An anthology of writings about the human experience.  
Member BookAds

St Paulites—Artability Artists Writing As COPing Mechanisms by Dr. Patrick ODougherty

2003-2018 Artability Artists Works which share Personal Narratives As COPing Mechanisms across many literary and mixed media art forms!  
Member BookAds