Kimmo 80,896 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Sephora will close all U.S. locations on the same day this week for mandatory "inclusion workshops," a little over a month after a popular black recording artist was allegedly subjected to racial profiling in California. On April 30th, a sales associate at Sephora allegedly accused Grammy-nominated singer SZA of stealing products at the chain's location in The Commons shopping center in Calabasas, California. According to SZA’s tweet, which succinctly detailed the racial profiling incident, a woman she referred to as Sandy called security to ensure that she wasn’t stealing any of the Fenty Beauty products she was browsing. SZA used to work in the skincare department at a Sephora, and also appeared in advertisements for Fenty Beauty—the very makeup line she was surveilled while shopping for. Apparently, this is why Sephora called her "family" in another tweet. Emily Shapiro, a spokeswoman for Sephora, told Reuters: “We have been informed of an incident at our Calabasas store and in addition to reaching out to SZA directly, we are gathering more information about the incident in order to take the proper next steps. We take complaints like this very seriously, profiling on the basis of race is not tolerated at Sephora” Following SZA’s tweets, Rihanna sent her a Fenty Beauty gift card with a handwritten note saying: "Go buy yo Fenty Beauty in peace sis!" Spoiler http://gothamist.com/2019/06/03/sephora_sza_inclusion.php Hottie Detector Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Velvet 10,988 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 3 minutes ago, Kimmo said: Following SZA’s tweets, Rihanna sent her a Fenty Beauty gift card with a handwritten note saying: "Go buy yo Fenty Beauty in peace sis!" This is so heartwarmimg :)) OT: Sandy, sis what you doin?? I'm like some kind of supernova Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei 61,110 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Imagine not knowing SZA and thinking someone steals in a store in calabasas... like whu? Musery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEnigma 11,313 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 7 minutes ago, Ryusei said: Imagine not knowing SZA and thinking someone steals in a store in calabasas... like whu? You do know that rich people are some of the worst kleptos, yeah? The people who stole the most at my high school were the kids who could afford the stuff they were stealing. But anyway, I'm sure the associate was fired Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitleysingur 13,790 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 idk why I SCREAMED at the Rihanna's note and giftcard Dreams of you and me are in the dirt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivefoottwo 3,108 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 that's very responsible of sephora. they could have just pulled out a PR statement but they're taking concrete action Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Good on Sephora to make it a bigger issue to ALL staff as a lesson on treating all customers with decency and respect NO MATTER their skin color...racism is not tolerated Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei 61,110 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 7 minutes ago, Alexander Levi said: You do know that rich people are some of the worst kleptos, yeah? The people who stole the most at my high school were the kids who could afford the stuff they were stealing. But anyway, I'm sure the associate was fired stop invalidating my drags I knew the second i hit "submit reply" that someone would say this Musery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagz4Gaga 7,278 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Sephora to poor sis Sandy: nostalgia’s for geeks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmo 80,896 Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, Ryusei said: stop invalidating my drags I knew the second i hit "submit reply" that someone would say this Next time warn them with this sis... Hottie Detector Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryJaneHolland 77,348 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Idgi tho, she thought she was stealing, called security and found out she wasn't Whats the problem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmo 80,896 Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 3 minutes ago, MaryJaneHolland said: Idgi tho, she thought she was stealing, called security and found out she wasn't Whats the problem? The problem is that Sandy knew what she was doing and... Hottie Detector Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley 9,551 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 I think that’s a great idea. I’m pretty sure I was racially profiled at one of their stores before too. One of their employees literally kept following me everywhere and watching me, made me really uncomfortable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryJaneHolland 77,348 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 8 minutes ago, Kimmo said: The problem is that Sandy knew what she was doing and... She suspected that someone was stealing and that happened to be a black person at the same time, I dont see a problem You cant use the race card for everything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfaqqot 1,244 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Winona Ryder’s impact! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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