Damn It's Hard Being Black.
Oprah Winfrey, one of the wealthiest women in the world, host of a long running daytime television talk show, on the cover of a magazine every month and one of the most recognizable faces in the world was denied entry to a posh Paris boutique.
Why? The store reported it was having problems with North Africans. In other words, they treated Oprah like a negro. I am humored by this tidbit and I am angered at the same time.
Could it be that some trailer park princess could get better service because of her skin hue than one of richest women in the world?
One of my favorite bloggers summer m. recently listed her ugly light skinned people and it was mad funny but after reading this I wonder if we will ever overcome this race thing.
Damn, Oprah can't spend thousands on a handbag and I'm upset. What is up with this?
posted by Harold Gibson @ 4:45 AM
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wow. i have to sincerely disagree with you on the whole ordeal. currently, hermes is denying the whole 'north african' thing. besides, oprah don't look north african.
also, maybe this whole 'it's because i'm black' thing would have more than one leg to stand on if oprah showed up before the store closed. granted, they generally shut shit down for celebs like oprah, but they were preparing for a pr event, so maybe she shoulda called first.
really, what i think it's about is that oprah wasn't recognized as being oprah and all of a sudden, she pulls out her race card.
frankly, i think she needs a reminder more often. maybe then she'd quit telling people to eat orange peels.
Summer you are probably right and I really did not know the store was closed when she went there. But it is hard to believe that any store would risk the wrath of Oprah under any circumstance. (Except for Sheniqua's Boutique which closes at 5:30 I don't give a damn who you are)
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