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Oprah Winfrey And Tyler Perry Character Analysis
I hope no one take my comment the wrong way I am merely making a point!
The first 15 minutes of watching Queens i was very displeased! Because the dark individual characters was pretty much was playing the role of being negative! In the light skin individual character was playing as being superior. Lot of the movies are no different then the rap videos, where the light skinned girls are the focal point. I'm trying to figure out why is Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry or so compelled on putting out false information like that. Because we the people knows every nationality has good and bad points. Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry are in a powerful position where they could do so much good in the black community by showing equal opportunity when it

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