Fresh from the It’s About Damned Time file, someone finally called out Oprah Winfrey for her attempted impulse buy of a $38,000 purse.
By now you know the story: during a trip to Zurich for Tina Turner’s wedding, Winfrey told Entertainment Tonight last week, she was denied the purchase of $38,000 Tom Ford handbag by a store clerk who doubted she could afford it. This incident served as an unfortunate encapsulation of racism’s ability to leak through economic, national, and even celebrity barriers, a reminder that no one, even those who make $70 million per year, is ever safe from its scourge.
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. Or, in the words of MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry: “Denied her right to buy a $38,000 handbag! The outrage!…This particular slight might be well categorized as #one-percenter problems.”
While rightfully acknowledging racism’s acidity no matter your economic strata, Harris-Perry placed Winfrey’s purchase into much-needed socioeconomic perspective by unveiling the “Nerdland’s Guide To Spending $38,000,”
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Posted by Libergirl (who would love… L O V E to have $38,000 to use on, say, a college degree for my stepson and maybe a few home upgrades)
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If she was born in another century, she might have remarked ‘ Let them eat cake’
If you notice today’s headlines, which all include some form of the word RACISM ,
“Now Oprah says sorry: Chat show queen says she regrets ever mentioning the racist handbag incident ….” Daily Mail
“Oprah Winfrey apologizes for naming Switzerland in store racism incident..”
Daily News
“Oprah’s Encounter With Racism Results In Apology From Swiss Tourism Office” Huff Post
and so on, and so on.
But Oprah’s now trying to distance her from the actual story she first related by using words like’ I guess I didn’t dress up enough’ or store clerks can be ‘ hooty- patooty(?)’ all the while letting her underlying( and lying is the keyword) accusations of racism remain intact. Boy, is she good!!! She’s deserves an Oscar for this role!!! Again, I say, does anyone now believe that OPRAH could really be cowed by a store clerk, in any country or in any language. Oh ,I guess that if a store clerk was just so ‘hooty- patooty’ enough, and Oprah just happened at the same exact time to be promoting her new movie about racism. Then I guess, Oprah could feel the necessity of acting just so,as if she was being ‘put in her place’ thru this horrifying fear , intimidation and racism.
But, this is real life, people. She may be a great actress alright but who is writing her material and directing her?