Gabourey Sidibe on going shopping
Gabourey Sidibe on going shopping: "I either look like a thief or a waste of time": https://t.co/hQtfZbSkpi pic.twitter.com/pkjpKggf6X
- Pret-a-Reporter (@pretareporter) May 9, 2017
She shares a personal retail experience in which she felt she was being dismissed by a saleswoman due to the color of her skin.
She recalled how she had asked the saleswoman to take a look at some eyeglasses - only to be told she could go check out the store across the street since it sells eyeglasses and the Chanel store only has shades.
This experience wasn't unusual for her, at a Dior counter the saleswoman literally took a gloss out of her hand and put it back down in the display case.
"Depending on the store, I either look like a thief or a waste of time. There doesn’t seem to be a middle ground between no attention and too much attention."
"I suspect it's because I'm black, but it could also be because I'm fat. Maybe my whole life, every time I thought someone was being racist, they were actually mistreating me because I'm fat. That sucks too. That's not OK."
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