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matt819

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83. So what

Wed Aug 14, 2013, 11:57 AM

Aug 2013

Her point wasn't about a ridiculously expensive handbag. It was about a sales person's assumption that an overweight black woman can't afford to even be looking at an expensive handbag. The issue wasn't the bag, it was the apparent racism. So, no, the handbag and Oprah's purchasing preferences are still irrelevant. This incident is relevant only to the extent that it revealed what in her view, at least initially, was the racism revealed by the sales person's actions.

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Someone Finally Called Out Oprah For Buying a $38,000 Handbag [View all] question everything Aug 2013 OP

Melissa Harris-Perry has a way with words. madaboutharry Aug 2013 #1

It didn't have a price tag on it. How would Oprah have known what it cost? pnwmom Aug 2013 #37

When stores don't have price tags on their goods, only those with Cleita Aug 2013 #81

A thousand dollar purse could have been locked up, too. Yes, she could afford whatever she wanted. pnwmom Aug 2013 #84

Actually, no. PotatoChip Aug 2013 #85

Ummm, no uponit7771 Aug 2013 #88

IF ONLY SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT--OPRAH DID NOT BUY A $38K PURSE. nt live love laugh Aug 2013 #95

MEH donco Aug 2013 #2

Except when she found out later how much it cost, she said it was too much Warpy Aug 2013 #33

How many bombs does $38k buy? flvegan Aug 2013 #3

Oprah is the 1%. avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #47

Did you even read what I wrote? flvegan Aug 2013 #48

And she is a king, er, president maker question everything Aug 2013 #89

She only asked to look at it and didn't know it cost $38k gollygee Aug 2013 #4

I can assure you that it did not look like a $10 bag. Or even a $100 one. question everything Aug 2013 #5

That doesn't mean she had any idea it cost $38k gollygee Aug 2013 #6

The truth doesn't matter. kcr Aug 2013 #11

+1 000 000 000. Once again, DUers are making fools of themselves over kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #43

^^^^ THIS ^^^^ FSogol Aug 2013 #53

Bet they don't question Jennifer Aniston for buying said bag malaise Aug 2013 #68

Indeed. Oprah's just another uppity black person like Obama. kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #71

Ding ding malaise Aug 2013 #74

From Melissa Harris-Perry? (nt) question everything Aug 2013 #91

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2013 #75

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2013 #73

Ultimately the question of whether racism played a role in this exchange Generic Other Aug 2013 #7

We can't even know that gollygee Aug 2013 #9

Yup. People keep saying that Oprah bought the bag, PotatoChip Aug 2013 #87

I assume this wasnt in a Wal mart? markiv Aug 2013 #16

I am with you, hollysmom Aug 2013 #28

She thought it was only a $25,000 handbag mwrguy Aug 2013 #29

She can get the same one on a NYC street corner Capt. Obvious Aug 2013 #67

Nuck FACTS!!! Who needs em /sarcasm uponit7771 Aug 2013 #72

This article is kind of silly! Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #8

Phew. I had been holding my breath waiting for someone to call out Oprah. aikoaiko Aug 2013 #10

Why? What's it to you? leftynyc Aug 2013 #56

I was being sarcastic. aikoaiko Aug 2013 #61

So sorry leftynyc Aug 2013 #62

The title is blatantly false. TDale313 Aug 2013 #12

You mean for trying to look at a $38,000 purse. bravenak Aug 2013 #13

Nope, she didn't. Beacool Aug 2013 #22

Ok. bravenak Aug 2013 #23

No problem............. Beacool Aug 2013 #26

Thanks. bravenak Aug 2013 #30

Jennifer's retails for around 3K. warrant46 Aug 2013 #55

do you like crocodiles, Bea? if so, i got something for you... dionysus Aug 2013 #70

Yes, I love them. Beacool Aug 2013 #93

Where was this store again? MrMickeysMom Aug 2013 #14

Zurich. Beacool Aug 2013 #25

Way to miss the point! Beaverhausen Aug 2013 #15

What do you see as the point, exactly? Orrex Aug 2013 #18

She wasn't "denied the right to buy a $38K purse" she wasn't SHOWN the purse! Behind the Aegis Aug 2013 #17

reminds me of when I was house shopping with my husband hollysmom Aug 2013 #32

I remember hearing a story about Doug Kenney, co-founder of National Lampoon deutsey Aug 2013 #54

She didn't buy it. I once looked at a $100,000 necklace. Squinch Aug 2013 #19

people have been calling her out on that from the beginning fishwax Aug 2013 #20

Sorry, folks, but it's none of our business how she spends her money for personal purposes matt819 Aug 2013 #21

She probably spends much more on good works than most other super rich do. tblue37 Aug 2013 #38

Um, she talked about it in public laundry_queen Aug 2013 #44

So what matt819 Aug 2013 #83

Amen leftynyc Aug 2013 #58

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2013 #76

Just curious: Would you have the same reaction of we were talking about Ann Romney? question everything Aug 2013 #92

Same reaction matt819 Aug 2013 #94

I've looked at a $10k handbag myself bhikkhu Aug 2013 #24

No, but leftynyc Aug 2013 #59

"most expensive designer stuff like that is handmade of the best materials by the best craftsmen" lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #79

even if she bought the handbag for 38k rdking647 Aug 2013 #27

Exactly. What's the alternative? She horde her money? At least it's 38k making it back into the Ed Suspicious Aug 2013 #31

Yeah, that should trickle down. avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #46

Here's the thing. She has the money. Right now. How can we separate her from it? I guess getting Ed Suspicious Aug 2013 #63

Why is it in society's interest to have people worth $1b plus? lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #80

With her own show on MSNBC.. KinMd Aug 2013 #34

I bought a $5K handbag.. HipChick Aug 2013 #35

Good for you leftynyc Aug 2013 #60

OK--Let's discuss how Oprah spends her money. tblue37 Aug 2013 #36

I'm not a big Oprah fan... ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #39

+1000. Paladin Aug 2013 #57

Well the story is about racial discrimination ... do they not know of Oprah in Zurich? YOHABLO Aug 2013 #40

Somebody should call her out for being the queen of Woo Woo. longship Aug 2013 #41

I agree laundry_queen Aug 2013 #45

+1 idwiyo Aug 2013 #51

Man you could buy a Lincoln MKS for that much. Initech Aug 2013 #42

I think her spending $38,000 to feed the homeless would have made more sense. B Calm Aug 2013 #49

Melissa Harris-Perry is horrible. The Link Aug 2013 #50

Now this is a racist remark. She's far better than many of Cleita Aug 2013 #82

I thought the whole incident Shankapotomus Aug 2013 #52

I thought they never let her hold the bag, much less buy it. Jamastiene Aug 2013 #64

I love Melissa. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #65

I drove by a million dollar house for sale today CBGLuthier Aug 2013 #66

For god's sake!! Sissyk Aug 2013 #69

For comparison dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #77

Ummm, she was denied the opportunity to see the purse ecstatic Aug 2013 #78

+1 and Oprah didn't know the price of the purse, this is more bullshit uponit7771 Aug 2013 #86

so what. i bet she's spent more of her money on good deeds than those calling her out. eom ellenfl Aug 2013 #90