Talk Show Billionaire Oprah Winfrey told by Hermes of Paris to take her money and shove it!
Poor Oprah: Last week Luxury retailer Hermes refused to allow her into its Paris boutique to do a little last-minute shopping – something Oprah knows well that white celebrities do routinely all over the world.
Of course, most blacks are familiar with this patented racial snub: “Sorry we receive shoppers by appointment only” or “We are temporarily closed…Oh, never mind the people browsing about inside, they’re just friends.”
But in America it’s usually blacks who look like ghetto thugs who get this kind of in your face snub. “Respectable” looking blacks are generally allowed in fashionable stores and are even treated to special security details to enhance their shopping experience….
Therefore, it seems Hermes dissed Oprah not only for being black but also for looking like a ghetto thug. Ouch! And, just to confirm her abject humiliation, even after Oprah dropped the “O” bomb (I don’t have on my TV make-up but it’s me…OPRAH!), the store manager still insisted that she was temporarily unwelcome (alas, it did not detonate or resonate, as it were).
(Don’t we all wonder how Oprah’s ubiquitous and very zealous partner Gayle reacted to this insult; assuming – this being the romantic and discreet city of Paris – that they saw no need to have that strapping Eunuch Stedman tag along….)
The latest on “Oprah’s Crash” episode is that when the more savvy executives at Hermes found out about the incident they apologized – explaining that “recent problems with North Africans” made the staff at that location overly anxious about denying them entry to the store.
Well, that explains everything then:
No black person who looks North African can shop at Hermes!
(So, a Zulu from South Africa is A-OK then…)
Whatever – they’re French! On the other hand, it’s really a little too precious to see so many white Americans feigning indignation as sympathy for Oprah over this embarrassment. After all, what Hermes did to Oprah in Paris is done to blacks all over America everyday. And, I hope Oprah reminds her lily white audience of this fact when she exposes Hermes for its blatant and now very costly practice of racial profiling on her syndicated talk show.
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Anonymous says
I am not sure whether to laugh or cry. But the joke I learned as a kid still applies…What do you call a black millionaire (billionaire)…?
Rage in NJ
Anonymous says
No no my friend. These africans are special menace to all Parisians. No insult to oprah. She is beautiful.
Anonymous says
Maybe the store manager had no idea who OPRAH is. Besides that even sounds like an African name. I’m sorry, but Nigerians are are a bloody commercial menace in London.
Anonymous says
Oprah is not gay! No way!!!1