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Madonna would like to have a word with you. Even Spanish-language telenovelas are more widely seen around the world than anything Oprah has ever put on film.
Oprah Winfrey is a BILLIONAIRE. Madonna is not.
And it should not matter what Oprah's net worth happens to be, she should not have been discriminated against because of the color of her skin. What did the sales clerk care that the bag was expensive. If Oprah had maxed out her credit card to buy it, why was that the concern of the sales clerk?
I'm glad that Oprah commented about this incident because people like that sales clerk need to be put in their place.
Here's what I find funny. She claims the high road by just leaving and says "I could have had the big blow-up thing and thrown down the black card and all that stuff."
But then she goes and does an interview calling them racist.
Now I do not argue that what happened wasn't an example of racism. It sounds like it probably was. But to take a superior attitude about not throwing down the black card with one clerk in a store, while you're doing a televised interview in which you're throwing down the black card is pretty absurd.
Again, that saleswoman probably also treats white customers that way when she thinks that they can't afford something. But probably she is more likely to treat black women that way as everyone knows that the average black person is much less wealthy than the average white person, especially in Europe.
That sales clerk chose the wrong black person to stereotype as "poor".
The bottom line is that it is a sales clerk's JOB to wait on customers and not to attempt to guess a person's net worth. That sales clerk was simply a low wage earner on a pointless power trip. I'm sure that the sales clerk would have gladly grabbed that $38k bag for the white mistress of the leader of some random banana republic.
Not necessarily. Good salespeople also advise, especially in more expensive shops. It is not Walmart where you throw a 10-pack of socks for 20 bucks onto the belt
Anyone who is stupid enough to spend more than $30,000 on a purse is an idiot. I don't care how rich you are. Poor Oprah just can't get over being a 'po little black girl and has to prove to the world how important and wealthy she is. Even store clerks. I feel monumentally sorry for her.
Here's what I find funny. She claims the high road by just leaving and says "I could have had the big blow-up thing and thrown down the black card and all that stuff."
But then she goes and does an interview calling them racist.
Now I do not argue that what happened wasn't an example of racism. It sounds like it probably was. But to take a superior attitude about not throwing down the black card with one clerk in a store, while you're doing a televised interview in which you're throwing down the black card is pretty absurd.
She took the high road by not mentioning the store's name (Trois Pomme) but I am GLAD that Oprah spoke up. It is NOT ok to treat people differently based on the color of their skin. Oprah has a voice and she used it for all of the nameless, faceless people who can not.
Again, that saleswoman probably also treats white customers that way when she thinks that they can't afford something. But probably she is more likely to treat black women that way as everyone knows that the average black person is much less wealthy than the average white person, especially in Europe.
WELL THERE YOU GO. And that's why this upset her, because it's a racist stereotype.
Money doesn't buy class or status. Just ask the Real Housewives of Atlanta or the Basketball Wives.
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And that's why this upset her, because it's a racist stereotype.