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Indyplus video: Oprah Winfrey on racism

 

Tuesday 13 August 2013 17:24 BST
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On the premier of Lee Daniels' The Butler, Oprah Winfrey was asked about her racism claims, to which she said: "I'm in a store and the person doesn't obviously know that I carry the black card, and so they make an assessment based upon the way I look and who I am."

Watch video below of TV mogul on racism following her recent experience in a handbag shop in Zurich that raised questions of racism still being an issue in the 21st Century:

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