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In reply to the discussion: I love handbags [View all]nolabear
(41,999 posts)I didn't hear a thing here saying President Obama was mistaken when he said he knew what it was to hear car doors lock. People didn't step up and say "Oh, that happens all the time, it wasn't racism". I hate to bring Trayvon up because the severity is so different but I didn't hear people saying "Oh, any kid walking through a neighborhood in a hoodie would have been suspect".
Oprah is a rich, privileged woman but I know where she grew up (my family originated there) and let me tell you, in spite of the fact that there's a street named for her, she was discriminated against when she was a kid, and if people didn't know who she was she'd be discriminated against there now. And if people don't know who she is, she WILL be discriminated against. Her comment was, as was the president's, generated by a lifetime of being watched, suspected, deemed untrustworthy and unsuccessful, and it deserves respect.
Now, back to those bags. A fine bag is one of life's great pleasures, and one of the few reserved for us womenfolk, tall, short, fat, thin, rich, and not-so-rich. I like mine with bright colors and lots of dangles, and that can carry a laptop, because I combine business with bling!