Oprah Winfrey 'was victim of racism' in Switzerland

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94. It's not about the damn purse

"Racism is very real, and it's very wrong, and it shouldn't be tolerated. But I just don't have much sympathy for Oprah on this." You said this. Own it.

You identify something as wrong and then add to that it should not be tolerated. Bravo. Then you qualify this principled stance with the word, "but" and then go on to say that you have little sympathy for this woman being treated this way, in fact you even question whether she was even being profiled. Instead., you ignore the evidence and grind your ax at her for frivolous consumption. A RED HERRING.

As for the expensive purse, I agree with you it is a WASTE, but do you think that means she deserves a comeuppance of some sort for daring to be uppity enough to ask to look at one in a store? Maybe she just wanted to look at it too, to mock anyone who would buy it, to see what was so hot about such a product.

When I went to Vegas, I browsed through stores with pricetags so high they gave me nosebleeds. I actually kind of enjoyed touching stuff with my clumsy lower class all-thumbs hands. Imagining myself as a moo in a China shop. "Oopsy daisy."