Oprah Winfrey's trust has funded an exclusive school in S.A. for black girls only, does this make her a racist

Question

I do not have a problem with Celebes funding education but schools they support should be available to the whole population.
Apart from being exclusive to black girls only the school has another criteria for entry in that the family from which the student comes has a monthly income of less than R5000.00 ($715.00) per month. There are many colored, Asian and white families that would qualify but they are precluded as they are not black enough.
This thinking is very much in line with the current SA Government policy of BLACK EMPOWERMENT. I have personally had experience of being denied the right to supply businesses and Cities because I do not have a Black Partner, I can an do sell to a black empowered company who will then supply that business or City
This costs the tax payer and consumer plenty as goods supplied have to go through extra hands, and they are greedy because of the enforced supply chain rules.

Surely this is no different to Apartheid.

We are all South Africans. The color definitions and segregation was what the world ostracized us for under the previous government.

Answer 1

I agree with you, the school should be open to all who are in need. Ms. Winfrey does a lot of good, and she cares about people. Email her at her web-site and voice your concerns, maybe you'll get heard.

Answer 2

No.

Racists are people who target people because of their race for ill intent (like violence or slander).

Helping only black people is not racist, it's a good intention with limitations. Almost every philanthropist does the same thing, they choose an interest and support it to the exclusion of others, though not always based on race or ethnicity.

Many college scholarships also have exclusivity written into their requirements. That doesn't make them discriminitory agaisnt people with GPA's lower than 3.0 or students who don't pursue journalism or students who didn't join a fraternity.

Answer 3

She is a private citizen and she can do what ever she wants with her private money. No it is not racist.

Since you are in SA you would have to happen to know apartheid just barely ended.

It would be moronic of anyone to think if a people suppressed into roles of servitude by the minority for so many years is on equal ground with the said minority. The other mentioned races on your list were not subjugated to such demoralizing, limiting, abusive, life threatening policies as the persons Oprah chooses to help.

That said. The word racism is being over used and misused. As in this case.

I can't believe she is being criticized for helping people. How many rich persons out there are living their bling-bling life without the a second to consider helping others?

Look at what colonialism has done to the majority of Africa. It stripped it completely.

So what, Oprah was not waiting for the SA government to offer 40 acres and a mule and renig on it.

Answer 4

It's for poor minorities/blacks in the region. Is NAACP racist organization? Would you consider someone racist because they helped group of poor people who are white as well? This is one of many Oprah's charities. Did all of Oprah's donations in the US and broad go to blacks only? To look at one example of charity and accuse someone of being racist is pretty far fetched idea. Apartheid had many negative consequences for minorities, blacks. That's why this school is built and not to kick dirt at white people's faces.

Answer 5

Oprah is about the richest woman in the world. I can assume that means she can do exactly as she wishes with her money. Personally, I think she is doing a very good thing to see to the education of these girls in a very very poverty stricken area. If she wants to go down the street throwing her money out the dam window, so be it. Not saying that is what she is doing.... just making a point.

Answer 6

It is her money and if she wishes to donate to a particular school, so be it. The white population in South Africa were well looked after there for decades, very much at the expense of the black population.

Almost all white South Africans (defintely some very nice exceptions) I have met have been racists and ultimately anti-black. You sound much the same.

Answer 7

... For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into the vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. He told them, "You go work in the vineyard, and I will give you whatsoever is right." Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and asked them, "Why?" They said, "Because no man has hired us." He hired them out, agreeing to pay them whatsoever was right. When evening came, the owner of the vineyard sent his foreman to call in the labourers and pay them, beginning from the last hired to the first hired. Those who had been hired at the eleventh hour each received a penny, as well as those who had been hired in the ninth, sixth and third hour. When the first - hired came, they expected to receive more. When they only received a penny, they began to grumble bitterly against the landowner. They felt that they deserved more than those who had worked for less time than they had. But the landowner answered one of them, "Friend, I do you no wrong: did I not agree to hire you for a penny? Take what is yours, and go your way. Is it not right for me to do what I will with my own? Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?"

In answer to your question ... No, what Oprah chooses to do with her own money does not make her a racist. She has chosen to fund an exclusive school for black girls ... just as she has given of her own money - for decades - to other causes that included White, Black, Asian, and Spanish - as well as other - races. When she gave away cars to all colors and races on her show, she was not accused of being a racist ... when she set up her Angel Network, no one (at least that I am aware of) accused her of being a racist. Regardless of where the money comes from, there is no argument that people - no matter who they are - need help. I respect Oprah for being the one to reach out and help those who she chooses to help. I have no doubt that if anyone who needed help appealed to her, she would do her best to help them.

Oprah does not make the rules ... she just attempts to make life easier for those caught up in them ...

And whatever she does with her money ... it is her money ...it's not our money. It's only right that she should decide where it goes.

Answer 8

surely there is an extremely good clarification why she did this. i do no longer understand precisely the odds or stats off-hand yet surely black ladies/ladies in South Africa are not getting a wager to get an preparation. as quickly as they could, their families use them to prepare dinner, sparkling, help different siblings and then get married and as quickly as greater. they have not got any desire over there, it somewhat is totally no longer common. Oprah has been over there many situations and observed this to be an surprising desire and grew to become into waiting to fulfill that dream for many of youthful black ladies. i think of it somewhat is her thank you to furnish back for the advantages she's had in life. I applaud her for that. i in my opinion admire those that do good with their money. human beings are very wealthy and does no longer get excitement from this present like those undesirable ladies in South Africa. think of approximately it, apartheid, aids, poverty, conflict, and violence over there makes it very no longer common. all of us understand no longer something approximately this ourselves. Why no longer provide somebody over their a scuffling with possibility? Kudos to Oprah - i think of it somewhat is great!

Answer 9

She surely appeared to have hatred of white people in her voice and facial expression. Because there are poor white and Asian families in South Africa and they are excluded from consideration to go to her school, I feel that she is being racist. Dr. King said all should be judged not on the color of one's skin but on the content of one's character. Oprah claim to revere him but her actions are totally opposite from his message.

Answer 10

Yes Oprah's Racist. Along with 99% of the population on the planet no matter if they admit it or not.