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She said an
assistant refused to serve her in an upmarket handbag shop in Zurich.
Winfrey,
one of the world's richest women, was apparently told the bags on display were
"too expensive" for her.
Her claims,
made to a US television programme, come amid a political row over plans by some
Swiss towns to ban asylum-seekers from some public places.
The BBC's
Imogen Foulkes in Berne says human rights groups have likened the plans - which
include banning asylum-seekers from swimming pools, playing fields and
libraries - to apartheid.
Proof
Winfrey,
who stars in Lee Daniels' new film The Butler, visited Zurich last month to
attend singer Tina Turner's wedding. The Oprah Winfrey Show is not shown in
Switzerland.
Winfrey
said she left the shop calmly without arguing, but that the experience was
proof that racism continues to be a problem.
"There's
two different ways to handle it," she said.
"I
could've had the whole blow-up thing... but it still exists, of course it
does."
Her claims
are a public relations disaster for Switzerland, our correspondent says.
About
48,000 people are currently seeking asylum in Switzerland. It has twice as many
asylum seekers as the European average.
Officials
say the curbs, which will also see asylum-seekers housed in special centres,
are aimed at preventing tensions with residents.
The
country's asylum laws were tightened in June.
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The second reason is perhaps politically incorrect in your culture to speak of, but Kryon is not of your culture. Many of you are in survival mode due to sustained second-class citizenship you experience from birth. This causes despair, poverty, and a shift to crime among many due to despondency over life and a need to survive in a system that does not honor you. When a Human is consumed with survival in a difficult environment, they don’t have time or a desire for introspection or a search to better themselves spiritually. All their time is spent spinning within the challenges they have, many of which they assume to be their plight, many of which they have created themselves.
The sadness here is that if they did look within, they would find the tools to co-create a life outside of survival, and start processes that honors their endeavors and their lives. Blessed are those with life challenges, as so many of the minorities have, but who have decided to increase their spiritual knowledge as a solution, instead of trying to force-manipulate the reality of the cultural situation.
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