Sunday, September 07, 2008 | 1:48 a.m.

Oprah Not Alone in Her Frustrations With Inner-City Kids, School Systems

by Roland S. Martin

Move over, Bill Cosby, you've got some company.

Oprah Winfrey, who made headlines this week with the opening of her $40 million, all-girls leadership academy in South Africa, is none too happy with how inner-city American kids take for granted an education.

In an interview with Newsweek's Allison Samuels, the billionaire media mogul said she has given millions of dollars to American schools, but has become disenchanted with the materialistic attitude among children.

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