The real story is probably just that the checkout person didn’t recognize her and that’s what upset her. I have provided as much evidence for my theory as she has for hers (none) but since she has a platform, her version gets the media treatment with a handwringing headline about racism being rampant.
That would not surprise me either. She pulls a do you know who I am?!? line and the put-upon cashier says, look lady you can’t afford this gift card so move along. And now it’s anti-black, er, anti-30 minutes-in-a-tanning-bed prejudice
this is actually really common. many banks will reject anything over $100 for a gift card as anti-fraud measures.
someone somehow got one of my CC numbers, and they went to some physical amazon store (didn't even know they existed) a thousand miles away... bought $500 in amazon gift cards. i got an email from amazon for the receipt and notified them and the CC company immediately. awkwardly, amazon didn't care, even when i said to cancel those gift cards, that it was definitely a fraudulent transaction and that i was on hold with the CC company to file a fraud report.
since then the CC company massively lowered the limit, and it requires 2FA via text to buy a gift card over $100. later on, i found out many banks do this now.
It’s kind of their biggest strategy though, isn’t it? Endlessly drill into people’s heads the idea that “you need to listen to people of color,” that such people’s “lived experience” (for which read, asserted stories) are “valid,” that there is a such think as “my truth,” and so on, all of which ask you to put aside questions of evidence and supportability in favor of, essentially, “believe me because I’m the right demographic.” And of course, because rhetoric works, a lot of people now ARE willing to believe the right people if they make any claim. Even if, apart from all the above, people would be wise to just not believe anything any celebrity says happened to them anyway, since part of what they do in the celebrity business is keep themselves in the news by hook or by crook.
The real story is probably just that the checkout person didn’t recognize her and that’s what upset her.
The story is from 2016, and all she had out back then were occasional bit roles in TV shows and a handful of her teeny-bopper music videos. In other words, she was a very forgettable Z list actress.
Probably never happened.
The real story is probably just that the checkout person didn’t recognize her and that’s what upset her. I have provided as much evidence for my theory as she has for hers (none) but since she has a platform, her version gets the media treatment with a handwringing headline about racism being rampant.
Or maybe her bank just erroneously declined the transaction, and she screams racism over it
That would not surprise me either. She pulls a do you know who I am?!? line and the put-upon cashier says, look lady you can’t afford this gift card so move along. And now it’s anti-black, er, anti-30 minutes-in-a-tanning-bed prejudice
this is actually really common. many banks will reject anything over $100 for a gift card as anti-fraud measures.
someone somehow got one of my CC numbers, and they went to some physical amazon store (didn't even know they existed) a thousand miles away... bought $500 in amazon gift cards. i got an email from amazon for the receipt and notified them and the CC company immediately. awkwardly, amazon didn't care, even when i said to cancel those gift cards, that it was definitely a fraudulent transaction and that i was on hold with the CC company to file a fraud report.
since then the CC company massively lowered the limit, and it requires 2FA via text to buy a gift card over $100. later on, i found out many banks do this now.
You’re right- she’s provided less evidence than jussie smolette (at least he has a tiny string around his neck)
It’s kind of their biggest strategy though, isn’t it? Endlessly drill into people’s heads the idea that “you need to listen to people of color,” that such people’s “lived experience” (for which read, asserted stories) are “valid,” that there is a such think as “my truth,” and so on, all of which ask you to put aside questions of evidence and supportability in favor of, essentially, “believe me because I’m the right demographic.” And of course, because rhetoric works, a lot of people now ARE willing to believe the right people if they make any claim. Even if, apart from all the above, people would be wise to just not believe anything any celebrity says happened to them anyway, since part of what they do in the celebrity business is keep themselves in the news by hook or by crook.
The story is from 2016, and all she had out back then were occasional bit roles in TV shows and a handful of her teeny-bopper music videos. In other words, she was a very forgettable Z list actress.