Here's a rough translation of the statement of the salesperson who, according to Oprah Winfrey, didn't want to sell her an expensive handbag because said salesperson was being racist.
The Gods know this country is xenophobic and racist at times, but both sides should be heard, and Oprah isn't right just because she has a huge audience. So here's a
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Because we had some really fucking creepy assholes as our ancestors who thought owning human beings was A-OK, and just happened to go with those who were dark-skinned. And now we're all saddled with that legacy in this country. And naturally the rest of the world is just like the USA - right? ;-)
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However, the press is mentioning the asylum seekers and other incidents to make your country look very bad, like this is just representative of the greater racism. One person even claimed that Oprah's show had very bad ratings because she was black.
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I'm glad the case with the asylum seekers gets mentioned, because THAT is racism of the highst rate. Though it only concerns one village and has no legal leg to stand on, we're trying to nipping this in the bud. As usual, the places with no foreigners are the ones being paranoid about foreigners the most, while in the cities, like where I live, people are much more open and welcoming.
27% of the people living in this country are not Swiss, this does of course cause some problems, especially with the "conservative" parts of the country, where you're still a "bloody foreigner" after moving in 40 years ago from the village down the street.
One person even claimed that Oprah's show had very bad ratings because she was black.HAHAHAH! She didn't have bad ratings. She didn't have good ratings. She had no ratings at all, because her show was never aired here. Unless you follow ( ... )
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I also mitigated it with humor - "I've got to GO now" - the same way Oprah could have by saying "Oh, I can afford it."
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Clearly, though, the poor sales girl is being martyred for not being psychic enough to realise that Oprah wanted to hold/feel the croc bag. She actually told her that it was the same as the bag she had in her hand, but for the material it was made from, I assume she was telling her that in case Oprah was curious about different dimensions or pockets or something.
But seriously, why Oprah couldn't have said, "Actually, I'd really like to get a feel of that bag..." instead of causing an international Incident over nothing? This gives me such retail ragefeels.
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