I just read an article about the Swiss apologizing to Oprah Winfrey for a racist remark by an employee at a shop in Switzerland. Oprah was looking at purses in the shop and wanted to see a particular handbag, the cost was $38,000. The employee told her it was "too expensive," keep in mind the employee does not speak English natively.
Because the employee said this the world is now screaming RACIST!!! I say WTF? Seriously, this is what's wrong with the world today, someone says or does something and everyone automatically assumes it's racist or sexist, or whatever. Now there are the unfortunate occasions that this may be the case. However, from the article I read about this particular incident the racism is assumed. The article did not say the employee gave a dirty look when she said it. It did not say the employee acted disgusted or anything like that. No the employee simply said the bag cost too much.
It's possible the employee was stating the bag was outrageously priced, I would agree with that. A second article I read on the matter said the employee tried to show Oprah the same bag in other materials. I tend to agree with the shop owner, this was probably a breakdown in communication.
I just get so sick and tired of the world, especially the media, screaming racist at the slightest incident. In my opinion, these are the people that WANT it to be racism. Otherwise, it's not a news worthy story.
If you haven't already, you can read about the incident here, http://music.yahoo.com/news/swiss-luxury-shop-denies-racism-towards-oprah-141207771.html.
What do you think? Assume it's racism or give people the benefit of the doubt and assume it's a miscommunication?
1 comment:
I agree. It's so irritating that everyone gets so butt hurt over things and automatically assumes the worst just to get everyone else all up in arms on the non issue.
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