Oprah's Dinner of a Lifetime with Sidney Poitier (part 1 of 4)

Myself (Tommy) and 6 other "Lucky" viewers had the opportunity to have a once-in-a-lifetime dinner with Sidney Poitier and Oprah Winfrey. The dinner was held at Spago in Beverly Hills, CA, was planned by Colin Cowie and cooked by Wolfgang Puck. He is truly one of America's treasures and I will be forever grateful to him for inspiring me to be a better father to my four future men. Enjoy!

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• Colin Cowie
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[LoonyInSpace]

The thing I will never understand is why some ethnic groups (it's not just african-americans I'm south-asian and have experienced the same problems), make fun of other members of their race for being well spoken. I refused to talk in a certain way at school and my peers accused me of trying to be a white girl. The sad thing is this was just six years ago. That's racism against your own kind. I didn't know there was some kind of a rule book that said only white people can be smart or well-spoken.

[buddycato]

My two Favorite people.

[amareto35]

"have you all read the book " ? and they say , YEAH . It's like when a dictator said: Do you love me my people ? and the people go : YEAH , otherwise they will be dead .

[leheup1]

@LoonyInSpace Interesting comment about speech patterns. You say the perception is that only white people can be smart and well-spoken but this misses the point, in that standards generally have fallen. Seems to me that this has little to do with colour, race, or class, but is entirely fashion-driven and a silly attempt to reduce standards to the lowest level. This pride in appearing "common" is reverse snobbery of the worst kind. Good for you for resisting this sad decline. Keep it up.

[jonathan15365]

sidney = great..

[Victorprossart1]

Sidney Poitier is a great man

[differentandalike]

YOU SYMBOLIZE HOPE

[Najim1999]

Thanks for posting Tommy!

[LoonyInSpace]

@LoonyInSpace There's this culture in ethnic communities that promotes, to children, the idea that they must act a certain way to show that they are proud to be black or brown or whatever skin colour. If we want our kids to get anywhere in life then we need to work on stopping this nonsensical behaviour.

[dummytree]

@NkrumahTure I have read both, and they're definitely worth it.Poitier is amazing.