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Originally posted by Taualumna
I find that North African comment interesting. Aren't North Africans from countries like Egypt and are more Middle Eastern in appearance?
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Typically yes, and in France they are specifically referring to people from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia as those were previously French colonies and many of them have emigrated to France. Many many issues in France stem from this such as the last presidential election between Chirac and the far-right anti-immigrant Jean-Marie Le Pen (psycho!), but that is a completely different discussion.
sugarandspice- No, I know for a fact that you can just pull the doors and walk in to the store in Paris, I've been shopping there for my mom. And while some stores may open specifically for celebrities, doesn't it just seem a tad bit odd that Oprah had a camera crew with her to catch her every shopping move? And no, I don't watch E...I gave up on them when Talk Soup wasn't funny any more.
If she shopped there regularly I'm sure the sales people would have known her and not made the comment about North Africans - which for all we know is heresay. Oh, and we get to see it on TV? Great...editing is a good thing for anyone to prove a point.
I have lived in France and I had many problems with North African men specifically, for example following me home from the metro, touching my hair, making sexual comments, grabbing me in the metro and even getting mugged by a group of them outside my apartment. Aside from the fact that closing time is closing time in France, I've tried to go into stores two minutes before closing time over there and they didn't let me in, so does that mean they don't like blond white people?
IF the store was really closed I can see why they didn't open the door. IF it wasn't then it's a whole different story. The thing about the French in general is though, they are not as psychotically star struck as Americans, so no I don't believe that they(sales associates) would open the doors for a star, I mean let's face it, while Oprah has a ton of money, she's not well known like Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, or Gwenyth Paltrow because she is not an actress or singer.
It sounds to me like a case of "Don't you know who I am?" by Oprah, and she is pissed that she couldn't use her star power to get in the door when the store was closed.