Someone Finally Called Out Oprah For Buying a $38,000 Handbag

[Vinnie From Indy]

8. This article is kind of silly!

"But the stink of prejudice combined with Winfrey’s inexhaustible generation of goodwill to obscure what an ostentatious display of status and wealth Winfrey’s story was offering in exchange for sympathy."

This passage is pure horseshit! In the first place, the stink of prejudice was the point of her story and, as far as I could tell, was not being offered in any way for sympathy. Oprah does not seem to be the type of woman that gives a shit what people think of her at this point of her life. The author appears to believe that a wealthy woman that is the victim of racism is worthy of being mocked. It would be interesting to know if Harris-Perry would be less inclined to diminish Winfrey's experience of racism in this matter if this had happened over a cup of coffee or a sandwich.