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Bandit

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166. Another racist rant
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 11:49 AM
Aug 2013
Oprah did not buy anything let alone a $38,000. dollar purse. she was not even allowed to look at it. wopuldn't you be curious what such an expensive purse might look like? No you are too hung up on a black woman complaining about racist treatment and saying boo fucking hoo.
I am not losing any sleep over an obscenely wealthy woman being insulted by a snooty shop asst. MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #1
Switzerland is the most xenophobic place in Europe. Machine guns at every entry point confirm this. onehandle Aug 2013 #2
Nonsense. nt. Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #21
To give them the benefit of the doubt question everything Aug 2013 #3
She's got billions BainsBane Aug 2013 #4
She's the one whining about how she was mistreated. duffyduff Aug 2013 #85
Wow, so just because you are rich, you aren't allowed to speak out against racist treatment? phleshdef Aug 2013 #95
Your comment is offensive BainsBane Aug 2013 #109
what bothers me is people dismissing the racism JI7 Aug 2013 #5
and nobody is dissing the shop owner for selling a $38,000 purse or Phentex Aug 2013 #30
It is about racism, but isn't it a legitimate side issue that a family could live happily for a Squinch Aug 2013 #35
Yes, but that's another topic... Phentex Aug 2013 #46
Well, that other topic happens to be the main topic of this thread Scootaloo Aug 2013 #102
I think the saying goes like this hfojvt Aug 2013 #45
Another racist rant Bandit Aug 2013 #166
Do you think the OP is dismissing racism? nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #61
Exactly...The point is, if even a very wealthy & well know celebrity can experience racism, whathehell Aug 2013 #63
According to her. We don't really know the truth. n/t duffyduff Aug 2013 #82
What happened to Oprah is illustrative of what happens to blacks every day. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #76
this. nt La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #98
+1000 - they're either oblivious to the point Oprah was trying to make CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #151
PETA's 2008 Person of Year - looking at crocodile handbags leftstreet Aug 2013 #6
Seriously? Fridays Child Aug 2013 #8
Mainstream media's reports are that this was an alligator handbag - truedelphi Aug 2013 #20
Nope, not alligator. Beacool Aug 2013 #137
Yeah, that is amazing to me too Bettie Aug 2013 #160
Do a little research on PETA and the number of animals they kill - TBF Aug 2013 #31
She wanted to look at it. She didn't do anything PETA could object to. If she had bought it Squinch Aug 2013 #36
I just bought a $68.00 handbag a couple of weeks ago, and it was a an ENORMOUS amount of money FourScore Aug 2013 #7
and many would diss you for that... Phentex Aug 2013 #32
I hear you. My bags are usually under $20, however, I was eyeing a Michael Kors Cleita Aug 2013 #97
This message was self-deleted by its author BainsBane Aug 2013 #112
Your $68 handbag will last you awhile, I bet. Ilsa Aug 2013 #132
she gives a lot of money to charity Liberal_in_LA Aug 2013 #9
Was it really racism? moondust Aug 2013 #10
Then she could have explained the policy and called the boss. n/t pnwmom Aug 2013 #12
The clerk and owner of the store maintain that it was a miscommunication. Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #22
Nah. I think they didn't let her see it because she was black, and they assumed she was Squinch Aug 2013 #37
After hearing the statement from the owner, I doubt it. Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #44
Zurich is probably quite familiar with monied elites. moondust Aug 2013 #50
That was the drift of my post ... Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #53
That's what came to my mind as well. SMC22307 Aug 2013 #92
Nope! JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #38
Rush Limbaugh doesn't think it's racism. See today's "Salon." (nt) Paladin Aug 2013 #39
Now I'm doubling down JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #58
For me the take away point from Rush's rant is that tblue37 Aug 2013 #88
Who the hell is Tom Ford who prices a purse at $38,000? Kablooie Aug 2013 #11
+1000 darkangel218 Aug 2013 #26
exactly... it is a sick part of our society. The question is-- where does the money go? NoMoreWarNow Aug 2013 #57
On any day of the week you will see bags that expensive for sale BainsBane Aug 2013 #113
Oprah has donated MILLIONS to charity pnwest Aug 2013 #13
no, she hasn't earned it. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #24
That's right, the elites always give to charity. David__77 Aug 2013 #27
lol, socialist. how you going to tell okieinpain Aug 2013 #77
no one 'earns' the kind of money oprah has. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #89
That is an incredibly logic empty comment. bluestate10 Aug 2013 #120
no one earns it. no one. that is something folks like yourself can't seem to understand. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #126
If you are giving away that much money, then you don't need it at all duffyduff Aug 2013 #73
So, after taking what she needs to live, the proceeds from Oprah's labor hughee99 Aug 2013 #104
Hey, spying costs money. Dr. Strange Aug 2013 #116
Why don't we get a law passed to take rich people's money. Obviously they don't need it. bluestate10 Aug 2013 #121
I would be on board with that. Cleita Aug 2013 #125
If we had such a law, we'd all be surprised at how quickly the poverty level Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #158
Oprah is the 1% avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #14
Actually she is like the top one thousandth of the one percent. n/t duffyduff Aug 2013 #74
It's the lavishness of the celebrity culture. That's why I find celebrities repulsive if they are... Safetykitten Aug 2013 #15
One possibility seems to be missed defacto7 Aug 2013 #16
If I saw that price tag, I'd want to look at it too mainer Aug 2013 #54
one time in vegas, I was looking at judith leiber purses--absolutely beautiful little works of art. niyad Aug 2013 #56
That's my same point... UncleTomsEvilBrother Aug 2013 #155
I doubt Oprah needed to look at the price. That's the point of the story. CJCRANE Aug 2013 #159
Whoever said that Capitalism was efficient in distributing and consuming resources? AZ Progressive Aug 2013 #17
Did you know the upper crust still have debutant balls? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #18
These bags get sold like used cars. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2013 #19
I just can't imagine any purse being worth that much, I didn't know that such Raine Aug 2013 #23
There are some pieces of canvas ..... oldhippie Aug 2013 #51
the most expensive purse in the world valued at 3.8 MILLION. lots of gems!! niyad Aug 2013 #64
I have no doubt that they'd refuse to show it to me, too - lynne Aug 2013 #25
That is what it seems to me as well. Lurker Deluxe Aug 2013 #59
Nobody would show it to me, either. Ednahilda Aug 2013 #70
I think you've hit the nail on the head. duffyduff Aug 2013 #83
Don't bags like these have wait lists? eilen Aug 2013 #153
I agree with the point you're making. I am also unsurprised by the point missers pissing on your Stinky The Clown Aug 2013 #28
she has the last laugh though. ejpoeta Aug 2013 #29
The store had the last laugh in that scenerio. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #62
how did the store have the last laugh, since it lost out on a pretty big sale? niyad Aug 2013 #69
Didn't they buy a bunch of clothes? ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #72
yes, vivian and edward go to a number of different shops. when vivian is finished shopping, loaded niyad Aug 2013 #79
Ah. That does sound familiar now that you have described it. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #87
Yes, that's the trope that this incident resembles. CJCRANE Aug 2013 #162
when I was in college, back before the earth's crust cooled, most of the students looked and dressed niyad Aug 2013 #164
You're right - it's not the purse it's the general idea TBF Aug 2013 #33
It's appalling. Oprah should have kept her big mouth shut. duffyduff Aug 2013 #71
Thank you for this chart. Cleita Aug 2013 #93
If you go to the link there's more -- TBF Aug 2013 #100
I live in an affluent area and since I work out at the gym with some really rich people, Cleita Aug 2013 #103
Is there a similar chart for accumulated wealth? I think that would make more telling. rhett o rick Aug 2013 #117
I'd love to see one - TBF Aug 2013 #146
John. Edward's. Haircut. Phentex Aug 2013 #34
Thank you for using the word poor. ananda Aug 2013 #40
I can't even deal with anyone, including Oprah, who would spend $38,000 on a purse kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #41
I can deal with them. But some of their spending habits are misguided. nt bluestate10 Aug 2013 #122
That's no rant. Octafish Aug 2013 #42
That's ok. As long as the 1% can work the rest of us MichiganVote Aug 2013 #43
At least she was circulating the money. The $38,000. (likely over)paid a bunch of people, who magical thyme Aug 2013 #47
We can do better than that. TBF Aug 2013 #84
I don't doubt that magical thyme Aug 2013 #148
Your statement - TBF Aug 2013 #149
advocating how? who is listening? what changes are you actually effecting. magical thyme Aug 2013 #150
Some folks advocate bandaids and crumbs TBF Aug 2013 #156
ah, I see. Still not answering the question. nt magical thyme Aug 2013 #165
If you are having problems with comprehension TBF Aug 2013 #167
This is a 'perfect storm' of cognitive dissonance for DU. X_Digger Aug 2013 #48
Yes -- Too bad so many here can NOT separate it to see the bigger picture. n/t whathehell Aug 2013 #66
Her attempt to make herself into the Rosa Parks of the top thousandth of the top one percent duffyduff Aug 2013 #75
She's not trying to make herself into any kind of Rosa Parks gollygee Aug 2013 #80
that seems like a silly article to me hfojvt Aug 2013 #49
purse designer Duckhunter935 Aug 2013 #52
oh, I bet there is more of a mark up than that hfojvt Aug 2013 #55
The article says it was $35,000 Swiss Francs and $38,000 Cleita Aug 2013 #90
+38,000 Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2013 #110
Al Franken usually gets it hfojvt Aug 2013 #123
Thanks for sharing your insight n/t TroglodyteScholar Aug 2013 #60
So when do you people plan on attacking the First Lady for wearing Tom Ford? name not needed Aug 2013 #65
"You people"? n/t Igel Aug 2013 #91
No sympathy for Oprah duffyduff Aug 2013 #67
I can't think of a better illustration of what's wrong with the 1%! hedgehog Aug 2013 #68
38,000 for a purse is obscene nt abelenkpe Aug 2013 #78
Thank you for making the purse a separate issue from the racist incident gollygee Aug 2013 #81
I'm sorry I mentioned Oprah at all. Cleita Aug 2013 #94
I don't think you should be sorry for that. It was news...and KoKo Aug 2013 #96
I'm white, blonde/blue-eyed eilen Aug 2013 #154
Some great points. Grateful for Hope Aug 2013 #86
Those in the pampered elite class aren't going to pay their fair share of taxes as long as indepat Aug 2013 #99
I am not at all sure that Oprah can be a judge of racism. truedelphi Aug 2013 #101
I have to admit, I've never seen an "Oprah isn't paying her fair share of taxes" thread before. n/t hughee99 Aug 2013 #105
To be clear, maybe she is. Cleita Aug 2013 #106
I doubt anyone in the 0.01% is paying their fair share. nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #119
What is their fair share? Tax rates should be progressive and loopholes that the rich use mostly bluestate10 Aug 2013 #124
Yes, past a certain point, they should be taxed into oblivion. Marr Aug 2013 #140
It's wrong that she wasn't given the chance to handle the 38k purse daleo Aug 2013 #107
The racism gets to me. Rex Aug 2013 #108
I have one thing to say BainsBane Aug 2013 #111
Ah, capitalism. RedCappedBandit Aug 2013 #114
I lost respect for Oprah hearing this story Californeeway Aug 2013 #115
Like most people that go from being everyday to being super rich, Oprah has jumped the tracks. bluestate10 Aug 2013 #118
Right there with you. Oakenshield Aug 2013 #127
Yep. Time to bring back real progressive taxation Cleita Aug 2013 #128
Contemporary research suggests chervilant Aug 2013 #129
If philanthropy worked as a solution to social problems, we Cleita Aug 2013 #131
True. n/t chervilant Aug 2013 #145
This whole thing smacks of a publicity stunt, done usually when celebs have a new movie or book. reformist2 Aug 2013 #130
not sure this is so racist. the shop lady DID show her other bags. pansypoo53219 Aug 2013 #133
I've never been to Zurich, but I was reading comments from people who lived there Beacool Aug 2013 #134
here: niyad Aug 2013 #135
Point was about the price of the bags. Cleita Aug 2013 #136
The price is obscene. Beacool Aug 2013 #139
There are people out there dying of diseases that could be treated for the price of Marr Aug 2013 #138
I think what really bothers Oprah is her ego was damaged because doc03 Aug 2013 #141
Yes, but you're missing one point. Rich people deserve the best, no matter valerief Aug 2013 #142
You are so right. Cleita Aug 2013 #143
Yes! Good point! Would you like a dish of this excellent Almas caviar, dear? Zorra Aug 2013 #147
Two wrongs don't make a right. Whether racism or class snobbery, the shopkeeper... Moonwalk Aug 2013 #144
What is a $40K handbag made of, unicorn hides? The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2013 #152
The assumption is she was going to BUY it. CBGLuthier Aug 2013 #157
I think it's odd how Americans tend to project their own local ideas of racism onto Marr Aug 2013 #161
Melissa Harris Perry, an African American woman dismissed the claim of racism and Cleita Aug 2013 #163
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