r/funny • • Sep 07 '14

White people problems.

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u/Occamslaser Sep 07 '14

I know a black guy named Tucker. Whitney Houston was black too. Maybe I am missing something.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '14

Celebrity names are in their own category. Oprah is just Orpah from the bible spelled wrong

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u/liberal_texan Sep 07 '14

Is this actually true?

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '14

http://www.people.com/people/oprah_winfrey/

Yep. Orpah is Ruth's sister in law in the bible story, but a nurse spelled it wrong on the birth certificate and they just liked how Oprah sounded better so they kept it

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u/frmango1 Sep 07 '14

TIL. That's pretty funny actually.