I have always percieved her as the exact opposite of how she has been presented to the public and have never understood her appeal to the masses.
I cannot recall where I read it, but remember reading a story about her family (her father and her sister) coming forward and expaining that Oprah was NOT raised in poverty or abused by her parents in any way, nor was she the victim of overt racism or sexual assault. Rather, she was raised in a middle class neighborhood by a loving family and afforded a lifestyle of privilege, education and opportunity. Yet, trying to find that story on the internet is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
I found a story from 2010...came up easily when I put in the search engine:
Oprah not raised in poverty:
https://nypost.com/2010/04/12/oprah-lied-about-poverty-sex-abuse-tell-all-book-claims/