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Originally Posted by jigga
The worst ghetto is America cannot compare to how poor people in Africa or other 3rd world countries live. Kids in america have a chance to be someone if they want it bad enough, there is a system in place that while not perfect does provide kids with the basics they need to survive. Kids in africa on the other hand die from starvation, get raped and AIDS and other diseases are rampant.
Oprah did something that should be applauded, people should stop thinking about borders and think about the human factor.
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It is the parents who teach these kids in the US, or don't teach them about what an ipod vs an education means. How do they know at 5 years old that an education is better than an ipod????
They don't know, the parents should know and teach them accordingly.
Not sure how many people posting are parents, but I am . And while I acknowledge what Oprah did, she could have maybe balanced it with $20 million or $20 million. or whatever.
I'm not telling her what to do with her money, but to say she visited inner city schools and was not pleased with what she heard, and blames the kids for focusing on ipods and other hi tech stuff... then that is just sad too.
Blame the media, the corporations for advertising to children and blame the parents for not doing something about it.
She didn't like the answers the American children gave her? Did she ask every one of the millions who really do want an education here?
