Posted on 08/09/2013 8:50:37 AM PDT by traumer
US talk show host Oprah Winfrey says she was the victim of racism during a recent visit to Switzerland.
She said an assistant refused to serve her in an upmarket handbag shop in Zurich.
Winfrey, one of the world's richest women, was apparently told one of the bags was "too expensive" for her.
Her claims, made to a US television programme, come amid a political row over plans by some Swiss towns to ban asylum seekers from some public places.
The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Berne says human rights groups have likened the plans - which include banning asylum seekers from swimming pools, playing fields and libraries - to apartheid.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Very interesting seeing as Tina Turner just became a Swiss Citizen.
Was that Switzerland,Mississippi? Or Maybe Switzerland, Alabama?
Oooops....no. It was Switzerland, EUROPE.
Don’t blame me, a creepy azz cracka, for that one! LOL!
Would they serve Michelle (if they didn’t recognize her) ?
Its hard to tell that it was racism or not. I’ve seen “up class” places be very snotty with anyone who doesn’t “look the part”. I never once considered it racism.
1st world problems, Opera, you poor dear.
I am sure they would say the same after looking at me. That isn’t racism; it is snottiness.
And it ain’t a crime.
Not yet.
(if it does become a crime, my guess is that it will only be a crime against certain segments of the population)
Sounds like First World problems when some snooty clerk at a store refuses to sell you a three thousand dollar purse.
Boo f-ing hoo
These pigs are too much
Oh, what total crap. I don’t believe it. Doubtless a language or currency problem, if indeed the incident took place at all. The clerk may have been trying to communicate that the bag in question was not a good value for the money compared to other bags. Some people think it’s racist if the sun comes up in the East.
GMTA
“Do you know WHO I AM?”
Maybe the store recognized her as an Obama-sucking Socialist and figured she wouldn’t want to spend an unseemly amount on a handbag when that money could go to the under-served and under-privileged of the world. /s
Boo fricken’ hoo!
yep!^^
I get treated that way at a lot of stores, but I really got offended when Family Dollar suggested I go to Everything for a Quarter down the road.
Hey oprah, go to Africa and walk down the street of any major city at midnight. You probably will not encounter any racism, but you will wish to God that was the least of your worries.
FU.
She’s also fat, ugly, and stupid. How does she know it was racism?
Vivian: Do you remember me?
Salesperson: No, I’m sorry.
Vivian: I was in here yesterday. You wouldn’t wait on me?
Salesperson: Oh.
Vivian: You work on commission, right?
Salesperson: Ah, yes.
Vivian: Big mistake. Big. Huge! [turns away] I have to go shopping now!
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