Europe Disses Oprah Again
Oprah Winfrey: I was in Zurich, the other day, in a store, whose name I will not mention. I didn't have my eyelashes on, but I was in full Oprah Winfrey gear. I had my little Donna Karan skirt and my little sandals, but obviously The Oprah Winfrey Show is not shown in Zurich. I go into a store and I say to the Woman, "Excuse me. May I see the bag right above your head?"Swiss Saleswoman: No. It's too expensive.Oprah insists on taking out the bag behind the security glass.Swiss Saleswoman: No. No. You don’t want to see that one. You want to see this one because that one will cost too much. You will not be able to afford that.Oprah asks for the bag behind the security glass for the 3rd time.Swiss Saleswoman: Oh, I don’t want to hurt your feelings.Oprah Winfrey: Okay. Thank you so much. You’re probably Right. I can’t afford it.She calmly exits the Swiss European market.Oprah Winfrey: I could've had the whole blow-up thing and thrown down the black card, but why do that? But that clearly is, you know. It still exists, of course. It does. It shows up for me this way. Sometimes, I’m in a boardroom or I’m in situations where I’m the only woman. I’m the only African-American person within a 100-mile radius and I can see in the energy of the people there. They don’t sense that I should be holding one of those seats. I can sense that, but I can never tell, "Is it Racism? Is it Sexism?" because, often, it’s both. I mean, the Sexism thing is huge. The higher the ladder you climb, it gets huge, because men are used to running things.Forbes listed Oprah Winfrey as the wealthiest celebrity on earth with an estimated net worth of $2,900,000,000. She's topped it a couple of times all ready.
