'O' No, Oprah!
‘O’ No!! was my first thought when I heard about Oprah's “Leaving Neverland” interview. My second was sellout *itch....but then Jesus took the wheel. Here’s why: As a native of Baltimore, I grew up watching Oprah on WJZ-TV news and People Are Talking . Although I never met her personally, I did have two close encounters: The first was when Oprah visited my 12th grade Honors English class. She entered the room and we students gasped in awe, seeing her as "bigger than life." Wow! a real life TV celebrity (actually, a local reporter) graced us city public school students with a visit, (actually, to do a story on achieving students). As I sat there, a senior, just pregnant, thinking I've messed up my future, Oprah offered just a glimmer of hope. The second “encounter” was two years later. She’d returned from her new home, Chicago to speak at my brother's high school graduation. My toddler snatched the hat off the lady in front of us and she bla