Sell Oprah The Bag

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

Are you crazy? Have you seen the price of food lately?

Hence the stress. A vicious cycle

[Sightseek]

I'm still positive that I'm the only person who has ever starved in New Orleans.

[randallscott35]

Back on topic for 10 seconds. The clerk at the store pretty much denies Oprah's story and says she told oprah the bag she was currently looking at was the exact same material as the one she asked about. English is also not her first language and said Oprah seemed to understand what she meant....in response Oprah has basically apologized for blowing this out of proportion. What a shock. A complete attention whore trying desperately to pump her OWN agenda.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Back on topic for 10 seconds. The clerk at the store pretty much denies Oprah's story and says she told oprah the bag she was currently looking at was the exact same material as the one she asked about. English is also not her first language and said Oprah seemed to understand what she meant....in response Oprah has basically apologized for blowing this out of proportion. What a shock. A complete attention whore trying desperately to pump her OWN agenda.

TheRoot.com had an interesting piece on this-

http://www.theroot.com/views/racism-...sunderstanding

[GenuineRisk]

I'm sure this is all just another misunderstanding, too:

http://gawker.com/firefighter-handcu...wav-1148893688

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

I'm sure this is all just another misunderstanding, too:

http://gawker.com/firefighter-handcu...wav-1148893688

This does not seem like a misunderstanding, and is a sad statement on these police officers....Quite a reach to compare to Oprah and the handbag.

[Danzig]

groan


i think the police need to go thru yearly training. they also need to understand every person and every gesture isn't a threat.

found it eye opening to see that altho the races all equally commit crime, or use drugs, that people of color are stopped more often and arrested more often than white people. most people on death row are there for killing a white person, whereas people who murder someone of color are almost never given that penalty.

the police mostly deal with bad people, which probably makes them eventually treat everyone as 'bad'. it's bound to affect their outlook on people. HOWEVER, that's why i suggest yearly training. they need to be re-trained to keep them from becoming paranoid. they also need to understand that quite often people view them as the bad guy because of stories like this one, and garbage like stop and frisk.