Interesting!
Question: Did she ever publicly announce that? Did she ever admit that her efforts had been in vain? Did she ever plainly state: The kids cared more about $200 sneakers than about education?
Regards,
Yes, actually she did talk about all of this in an interview!! That’s how I knew about this. This was at least 10 to 15 years ago. I remember reading the interview and being very surprised.
Looking back, I shouldn’t have been surprised. At the time I naively assumed that black teenagers in bad Chicago schools would be thrilled to have Oprah help them do better in school, go to college etc.