Posted on 08/12/2013 9:57:44 AM PDT by ColdOne
full title............'Oprah's a liar': Sales assistant in Swiss racist handbag row denies telling TV host that she could not view item because she couldn't afford it
The saleslady went on: 'This is not true. This is absurd. I would never say something like that to a customer. Really never. Good manners and politeness are the Alpha and the Omega in this business.
'I don't know why she is making these accusations. She is so powerful and I am just a shop girl.
'I didn't hurt anyone. I don't know why someone as great as her must cannibalize me on TV.
'If it had all taken place as she claimed, why has she not complained the next day at the wedding of Tina Turner with Trudie Goetz, my boss? She was there also at the Turner wedding as a guest. I don't understand it.
'I spoke to Oprah Winfrey in English. My English is okay but not excellent, unfortunately.
'I didn't know who she was when she came into the store. That wouldn't have made any difference if I had.
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I know whom I am inclined to believe.
I really think Oprah felt she wasn’t getting the attention she deserved. So she used that tiny little incident - in which the woman didn’t immediately get a handbag down off the shelf - to spin a good yarn about how awful racism is. The truth of that incident doesn’t matter, she can use it for an object lesson and draw some attention to the “issue” of white-on-black racism.
And the company already “apologized”, and it’s owned by a friend of hers or something
Lying racists always play the race card - i.e. obamatollah, oprah, jackson, sharpie, holder....hell, the entire leftwing socialist/communist party.
Yeah, oops, don’t I feel stupid. I’ve never met a Swiss that didn’t speak perfect English either.
Well the famous line from Sunset Boulevard comes to mind in regards to your meeting.
Joe Gillis: You’re Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big.
Norma Desmond: I *am* big. It’s the *pictures* that got small.
The Orpah, run away very fast. Fat Ass that talks a game.
Is it possible for a white person to be the victim of racism?
Does a white person have the right to play the RACE CARD?
Is affirmative action racism?
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All great questions and in my experience the answers are No. No. Yes.
20 years ago I filed an EEOC complaint with the Feds when a Black woman was promoted over me after I had been given the position. I’m White. The EEOC officer was Black. The White witness to the event told me privately she lied to prevent any fall-out. Case dismissed.
EEOC guy told me I was out of line to even file and that it was a union matter. I have never belonged to a union. Black woman was union VIP.
P.S. Black woman and I are still friends.
The Swedish thread is that-a-way
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Hold on now. IIRC Obama, Oprah and an entourage from Chicago flew to Switzerland to beg for the Olympics. This is revenge for being snubbed. Poor shop girl.
The only Swiss I found that I met that didnt speak English, or pretended not to, was a french speaking guy selling ice cream on the promenade in neuchatel. Snotty little cuss.
Store Clerk Denies Oprahs Racism Story
by Chris Pursell | August 12, 2013 at 9:39 PM | Celebrities, Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
The sales clerk who was accused of racism by Oprah Winfrey and prompted a national apology from Switzerland claims that Winfrey is lying about the now-famous story.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the nameless women at the center of the firestorm told a local newspaper that as a result of the accusation, she has been thrust into a nightmare and now feels powerless.
I dont know why she is making these accusations. She is so powerful, and I am just a shop girl, the sales clerk told the Swiss newspaper.
Didn’t Oprah, lie about a similar non happening a few years ago before another film of hers?
Isn’t it illegal to import crocodile leather products into the United States?
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