our mother theresa? my ass.

now that we know what oprah's legends ball was all about, i've got a whole new reason to dislike oprah: she gave each of her guests diamond earrings worth about $200,000. Every single guest.

my pissed-off-ness is this. oprah spent the year planning a weekend for what seems to be every african-american woman ever to live. and then she gives them $200,000 worth of diamonds. the irony? celebrating women of AFRICAN descent with a precious stone that was likely harvested by modern-day slaves in southern africa. the united nations stresses that diamonds coming out of africa (and that's nearly every diamond on the planet) help to drive slavery, human rights violations, and war.

i wouldn't accept an engagement ring, for godssake, with a diamond in it. how can oprah spend so much of her time preaching reform and awareness on her show and be so oblivious to the suffering she has just contributed to through this weekend? so yes, mariah carey, she has changed the world, but not for the better for millions of the people she lamented having missed out on on PBS's African American Lives.