So tweets the Swiss Tourism office after Oprah cries racism when a shopgirl deems a $38,000 handbag "too expensive" and steers her toward other merchandise. Racism has many manifestations, some terribly subtle. Who can tell the difference between a rich lady in don't-you-know-who-I-am mode crushing a humble retail employee and a woman imbued with racial memory vindicating centuries of suffering by perceiving the last nuance of insult?
Showing posts with label racists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racists. Show all posts
Friday, 9 August 2013
"We are fuming - this person acted terribly wrong. We are sorry this happened to @oprah!."
Posted on 09:35 by Unknown
Friday, 2 August 2013
The Tea Party "is the same group we faced in the South with those white crackers and the dogs and the police."
Posted on 15:35 by Unknown
"They didn’t care about how they looked. It was just fierce indifference to human life that caused America to say enough is enough. 'I don’t want to see it and I am not a part of it.' What the hell! If you have to bomb little kids and send dogs out against human beings, give me a break."
Said Charles Rangel (according to The Daily Beast).
Said Charles Rangel (according to The Daily Beast).
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