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08-13-2013, 12:25 PM
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Did Oprah Winfrey lie about alleged racist clerk?
I'm sure everyone's heard of Oprah's alleged encounter with a racist clerk in Sweden.
Oprah claims she was completely alone when she visited the store; and that the clerk refused to show her a purse because she believed it was too expensive for Oprah.
Well now the clerk is talking and claims Oprah isn't telling the truth. She wasn't alone, there was a man with her. Also the clerk says she offered to show Oprah several different purses, including the one Oprah alleges she was denied to be shown.
After the comments from the clerk, Oprah said she regrets ever mentioning it and "didn't realize" it would cause a media firestorm.
Yah right, Oprah. IMO, Oprah lied and made the story up to highlite racism she's encountered. Her regret at mentioning this only makes me feel more certain that this was a race-baiting lie.
I'd love to see the store and clerk sue Oprah for defamation, slander and libel....but of course that won't happen.
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08-13-2013, 12:27 PM
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FLASHBACK, 2005 RACISM HOAX: Oprah Makes False Racism Charges Against Store To Promote Movie – Just Like Now!
At the time of the alleged 2005 incident, Oprah was promoting, and used the alleged incident to promote, a movie about racism called “Crash”, starring her friend Don Cheadle. Now, in 2013, she’s once again making false claims about racism to promote a movie,”The Butler”, as well as to burnish her anti-white Trayvon Martin propaganda campaign. And notice how she picks stores in Europe so it’s harder for the domestic press to get the other side of the story.
http://patdollard.com/2013/08/flashb...ment-998361156
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She must have gotten the idea from Pretty Woman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX1VD41imqQ
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08-13-2013, 01:40 PM
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Re: Did Oprah Winfrey lie about alleged racist cle
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She must have gotten the idea from Pretty Woman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX1VD41imqQ
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Oh my word! Don't tell me I was right, PO?
Publicity = more money.
The truly sad thing in all this...there are real cases of racism yet today, where people of color may be refused service or respect.
But when foolishness and lies prevail, the innocent are not believed. Their injustice becomes just another scam, and it's tragic.
Those with the political power and financial clout to forge ahead for true civil rights for ALL men are to blame for this...they really are.
Oprah, worth billions and with a celebrity status to help make true inroads for justice is the worst of the lot, I think.
She's so full of herself she can't see the harm she is doing....it's tragic.
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08-13-2013, 02:14 PM
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Re: Did Oprah Winfrey lie about alleged racist cle
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Originally Posted by Barb
Oh my word! Don't tell me I was right, PO?
Publicity = more money.
The truly sad thing in all this...there are real cases of racism yet today, where people of color may be refused service or respect.
But when foolishness and lies prevail, the innocent are not believed. Their injustice becomes just another scam, and it's tragic.
Those with the political power and financial clout to forge ahead for true civil rights for ALL men are to blame for this...they really are.
Oprah, worth billions and with a celebrity status to help make true inroads for justice is the worst of the lot, I think.
She's so full of herself she can't see the harm she is doing....it's tragic.
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Yes, Barb, you were right. She is irrelevant and has been for a long while. When she can call God a she, she is off the reservation in a bad way. It's only downhill from there.
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08-13-2013, 04:45 PM
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Re: Did Oprah Winfrey lie about alleged racist cle
I think there is a very good chance there was some miscommunication due to language and like so many Black folks Oprah immediately blamed it on racism.
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08-13-2013, 04:53 PM
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Re: Did Oprah Winfrey lie about alleged racist cle
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I think there is a very good chance there was some miscommunication due to language and like so many Black folks Oprah immediately blamed it on racism.
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I agree that too many people, not just black people, are too quick to pull the race card, for whatever their purposes may be.
However, in this situation, Oprah's assertion was very specific.
I don't think Oprah lied.
I don't think the store clerk realized she was speaking with Oprah Winfrey-- but it doesn't excuse what she did, whether she was speaking with Oprah or my own mother.
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08-13-2013, 04:56 PM
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P O,
Your link to the Pat Dollard story isn't working.
I'd like to read about the 2005 hoax-- that I never heard anything about.
Then again, I wasn't here in 2005.
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08-13-2013, 06:23 PM
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Re: Did Oprah Winfrey lie about alleged racist cle
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P O,
Your link to the Pat Dollard story isn't working.
I'd like to read about the 2005 hoax-- that I never heard anything about.
Then again, I wasn't here in 2005.
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http://patdollard.com/2013/08/flashb...s-shes-a-liar/
And while we are on racism - the Missouri rodeo clown issue is ridiculous. Now the clowns are having to take a sensitivity class.
http://patdollard.com/2013/08/obama-...ovie-for-free/
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08-13-2013, 06:24 PM
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Re: Did Oprah Winfrey lie about alleged racist cle
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I think there is a very good chance there was some miscommunication due to language and like so many Black folks Oprah immediately blamed it on racism.
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I seriously doubt it was a misunderstanding.
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08-13-2013, 06:35 PM
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Re: Did Oprah Winfrey lie about alleged racist cle
The Obama Administration’s Race-Baiting Campaign
Andrew McCarthy — August 13, 2013
The first thing to remember is that, with the Obama administration, there are no coincidences.
http://www.aim.org/guest-column/the-...ting-campaign/
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