Oprah Winfrey 'was victim of racism' in Switzerland

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217. Is Oprah Big Brother? Or Goldstein? Who do you want me to hate and why?

Does it make you feel better about being poor, powerless and abused yourself if I hate Oprah? Does giving Oprah her comeuppance make you feel as if you are a step closer to achieving the social justice you seek? You made four posts in a row to revive this thread to say something about it not being about race. That a whole lot of people of color are wrong again when they perceive someone is treating them badly because of race.

Some white people always seem ready to step forward every day of the week to tell black people that it's all in their heads. The Catch 22: If you complain about it being about race, then it's not about race and you deserve to be treated poorly for making the accusation because there is no racism.

Trayvon Martin wasn't followed by Zimmerman for being black. Henry Louis Gates wasn't arrested outside his house for looking suspiciously black. A person of color is not 80% more likely to get a ticket driving while black. Maryland was not successfully sued and forced to end their racial profiling practices. Oprah got treated badly in a shop because that's how "snooty" shops act to everyone.

Just keep denying. And remember when you hurl that denial in such a harsh bitter and hurtful tone, it is seen by others as validation that you share the attitudes of the racists.

I find your use of the picture rather offensive as well. And you posted it twice so no one would miss it. You insinuate that Oprah had a tantrum in the store like the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland. She "was not amused." Ha ha Very funny. Since you compare her to a queen, let's compare her to a real one. Queen Elizabeth II. Taking a page from your book, if we were trying to be as offensive as your example is, we might characterize her as say the titular Queen of the Crackers. Would this queen ever have been treated in such a fashion in this shop? I would say no. Even without facial recognition software.

Finally, I am not sure what to make of your conclusion that a rich person should automatically feel bad, so a shopkeeper who used racism to achieve that end is fine because the rich person deserved it. That is a circular argument to me.

I did not expect this innocent post about Oprah to expose so many raw emotions.