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    I would love to meet- Oprah Winfrey. She is the epitome of a black woman who takes charge and dominates whatever she puts her mind to. Although she is mostly known for her talk show, she has other great achievements that have made her one of the richest women in the world. As a media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist, Oprah has shown me that I can tackle many jobs at one time and be successful at all of them simultaneously. Even though Oprah went through many…

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    invite Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce Knowles, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Abraham Lincoln. Three living people that I would invite would be Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Beyonce Knowles. Barack Obama is a historical figure who became the first African American to become president. He served two terms as the 44th president of the United States. President Obama represents power, success, and dedication. Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host,…

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    Oprah was born in the very isolated town of Kosciusko, Mississippi on the 29th of January, 1954. She was born of Vernon Winfrey, (A coal miner) and Vernita Lee, (A housemaid) but was raised by her grandmother Hattie Mae on a farm. She also had several siblings including Patricia Llyod, Patricia Lee, Jeffrey Lee. At 6 she moved to a ghetto to live with her parents, here she was repeatedly abused and raped by her cousin, uncle and family friend. After 8 more years of this abuse she ran away from…

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    about Oprah Winfrey is to think of her life as a series of extremes. Little Oprah was taken to live on a farm with her grandmother as her teenage mother Vernita left in order to get work as a maid in Milwaukee. Life for Oprah with her grandparents was far from idyllic. She grew up in a very conservative environment, and Oprah’s family was far from anything extravagant they were more on the other side of the scale. Oprah’s real name is Orpah but many mixed it up and began to call her Oprah and it…

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    required for the celebrity I would want to meet. She has a special place in everyone’s heart and is adored by millions across America and the world. Oprah Winfrey should be the prestige star to be featured in this special issue and I should be able to meet and interview her. Oprah has affected this whole nation. She leads the hope for everyone and she shows indomitable spirit. Despite being raised in a indigent lifestyle, being sexually harassed, abused, and struggling with racism , she is now…

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    Have you ever just taken a step back and thought about how much our perception of what being a celebrity entails has changed in the past 20 years? Where will we stand 20 years from now? Take a look at Oprah Winfrey and Kim Kardashian for example; besides the obvious differences in their upbringing and how they both made their way into stardom, they are also very different in how they maintain their celebrity status. As stated in Broadcasting Yourself by Drew Pinsky “the explosion of reality T.V…

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    mind, Beowulf and Oprah Winfrey fit right in. Although they are from different times and places, they both have sacrificed for others, which has led them to be the people they are. In the epic of Beowulf, he was a hero because he saved many people 's lives from not one, but…

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    Lee conceived Oprah on January 29, 1954 while her Oprah’s father, Vernon Winfrey, served in the army. Oprah and her mother resided at a small farm located in Mississippi owned by Hattie May, Oprah’s grandmother (Nelson, 1896). Since Lee desired to improve her quality of life, she relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to find work, abandoning her daughter at Hattie’s Mays farm. Although Hattie May faced the disadvantages of poverty such as the lack of indoor plumbing, she raised Oprah to value…

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    The Relation of Work, Wealth, and Interdependence Everyone knows that the harder one works the wealthier they will be. The logic makes sense, people who are lazy and do little work won’t do their job, and therefore won’t become wealthy. When a person works hard it makes sense that they will earn a lot of money. This means that work and wealth are directly related, as one increases so does the other. Even though it is commonly believed that wealth is acquired by hard work there are some people…

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    Oprah Winfrey was born in poverty in Mississippi, raised by her teenage single mother then later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teens and became pregnant at 14 and unfortunately her son died in infancy. After that, she was sent to live with her father, in Tennessee. Winfrey then got a job on the radio while still in high school. Meanwhile, she began co-anchoring the local evening news at 19 years old. Her…

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