black privilege.

Oprah is one of the richest women on the planet and a store wouldn't show her a bag because the sales person said she couldn't afford it.www.npr.org/sections /codeswitch/2013/08/ 10/210574193/why-did nt-the-store-ju

@joepyeweed The experiment, conducted between July 2001 and January 2002,

@leslie110 :I wonder if they would have shown the bag to the white dude on the left of the photo I posted?

@AV8RAre you comparing a, presumably, well dressed black woman to a homeless man?

Indeed I am, because according to @joepyeweed, the guy on the left, based upon skin pigmentation alone, has white privilege. He doesn't know it or feel it, but he has it. It's not his fault, it just exists.

There is a difference between class and race. And yes there is class privalege too.

I think the story is pretty interesting. She was denied the opportunity to look at the bag in Europe. Europe is typically less discriminatory toward blacks. I wonder how many times she has been refused the same type of service in the US. That type of service should never be allowed anywhere in the world. If any customer comes in to browse, they should be allowed to look at all of their products for sale.

I was denied looking at firearms numerous times in this state because I didn't have a FOID card. I wasn't even allowed to handle the unloaded weapon is a store under the supervision of a salesman.

Are we talking about wealth and privilege or gun laws? Why don't we add a few more non-sequitur topics so we don't have to talk about race?

I am so sick of this thread....

Well we are number 1 about something. Now who is going to step up and do something about it. Oh wait we are talking about the fine city of Peoria Il. are we not

there is no law against handling a firearm in a gun store under the supervision of a salesman without a FOID card. You just can't buy it. hint: The "O" in FOID is OWNERS

@leslie110 Pfft, Leslie, I don't believe anything NPR writes anymore. They have been slacking in the truth-telling department more and more these last few years just to create controversy. Besides, Oprah is a highly privileged black woman who doesn't see herself that way. She's delusional. I quit watching her show when she went "shopping" at Costco and couldn't believe you could buy toilet paper in bulk. Then she goes on to tell the audience that she can't stand to sleep on two day old sheets so she has them washed and ironed every couple of days. Yeah, she's really "suffering" and struggling being a black woman in this country. Pfft.These days, there are more job opportunities for African-Americans than there ever has been and not just in Peoria. I know for a fact that the US government is currently hiring African Americans **only** in some departments. They will not hire anyone else until they have filled that quota.In Peoria, an ICC education is free to District 150 graduates--FREE. For up to two years. Heck, my kids don't even get that privilege even though we live 5 miles away. You'd be stupid not to take advantage of that opportunity, no matter what color your skin is and what part of Peoria you live in.