New Posts For Thread: Oprah Winfrey denied right to buy expensive bag !https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30036761/oprah-winfrey-denied-right-to-buy-expensive-bagI am appalled...my feelings go out to her and her family and all those affected by this enormous injustice.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23626340US talk show host Oprah Winfrey says she was the victim of racism during a recent visit to^ this was for the 'unlikely couples' threadhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30036761/oprah-winfrey-denied-right-to-buy-expensive-bag?post_id=534733107#534733107^ this was for the 'unlikely couples' threadWed, 14 Aug 2013 17:10:19 -0500Robin and Doris Day.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30036761/oprah-winfrey-denied-right-to-buy-expensive-bag?post_id=534733081#534733081Robin and Doris Day.Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:09:32 -0500Turns out the corpulent narcissist was just promoting her movie by falsely racially vilifying a lowly peon (this insubordinant shopgirl "denier" even had the audacity* to declare her own innocence )That clears up the whole unpleasant episode, hopefulhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30036761/oprah-winfrey-denied-right-to-buy-expensive-bag?post_id=534711779#534711779Turns out the corpulent narcissist was just promoting her movie by falsely racially vilifying a lowly peon (this insubordinant shopgirl "denier" even had the audacity* to declare her own innocence )That clears up the whole unpleasant episode, hopefulTue, 13 Aug 2013 22:23:49 -0500Not racism. Sales people in posh shops have been pulling the same trick since Pretty Women.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30036761/oprah-winfrey-denied-right-to-buy-expensive-bag?post_id=534662951#534662951Not racism. Sales people in posh shops have been pulling the same trick since Pretty Women.Mon, 12 Aug 2013 07:19:48 -0500Pure snobbery. I have travelled to Switzerland and when shopping alone I felt the snobby glare of shop assistants, once you purchase something they are all over you, cant do enough but v suspicious of anyone who doesnt reek of money or flash the cashhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30036761/oprah-winfrey-denied-right-to-buy-expensive-bag?post_id=534637131#534637131Pure snobbery. I have travelled to Switzerland and when shopping alone I felt the snobby glare of shop assistants, once you purchase something they are all over you, cant do enough but v suspicious of anyone who doesnt reek of money or flash the cashSun, 11 Aug 2013 07:28:38 -0500Dr.C you are correct, nothing to do with racism just pure snobbery. In my example if I were Japanese I would have been ushered into that shop and given saki whilst perusing their goods with a personal shopper fawning all over me. As a Londoner who hahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30036761/oprah-winfrey-denied-right-to-buy-expensive-bag?post_id=534636751#534636751Dr.C you are correct, nothing to do with racism just pure snobbery. In my example if I were Japanese I would have been ushered into that shop and given saki whilst perusing their goods with a personal shopper fawning all over me. As a Londoner who haSun, 11 Aug 2013 07:11:39 -0500I think they would have denied entry to Feltz as the door wouldn't be wide enough.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30036761/oprah-winfrey-denied-right-to-buy-expensive-bag?post_id=534634327#534634327I think they would have denied entry to Feltz as the door wouldn't be wide enough.Sun, 11 Aug 2013 04:50:26 -0500^ agree with that, don't think it was anything to do with colour, all about snobbery, and a shop assistant who obviously only wants to deal with people of a higher social status and hates people with a lower social status......obviously didn't know whttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30036761/oprah-winfrey-denied-right-to-buy-expensive-bag?post_id=534634289#534634289^ agree with that, don't think it was anything to do with colour, all about snobbery, and a shop assistant who obviously only wants to deal with people of a higher social status and hates people with a lower social status......obviously didn't know wSun, 11 Aug 2013 04:47:05 -0500Political correctness has gone mad, if Winfrey stubbed her toe she would probably accuse the kerb of racism.Yes, this proves that she's just another one walking around with a chip on her shoulder.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30036761/oprah-winfrey-denied-right-to-buy-expensive-bag?post_id=534634167#534634167Political correctness has gone mad, if Winfrey stubbed her toe she would probably accuse the kerb of racism.Yes, this proves that she's just another one walking around with a chip on her shoulder.Sun, 11 Aug 2013 04:35:45 -0500Why on earth should being a black person have anything to do with it?I'm sure plenty of white people who don't look the part get treated the same.It's was a case of snobbery not racism.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30036761/oprah-winfrey-denied-right-to-buy-expensive-bag?post_id=534634103#534634103Why on earth should being a black person have anything to do with it?I'm sure plenty of white people who don't look the part get treated the same.It's was a case of snobbery not racism.Sun, 11 Aug 2013 04:29:34 -0500