Diary Of  A Black Woman In A White World

Diary Of A Black Woman In A White World

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I Went To Buy An Expensive Phone, And Still There Was Racism

I Went To Buy An Expensive Phone, And Still There Was Racism

And why I didn’t make a big deal about it

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Zuri Stevens
Feb 13, 2024
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I was waiting in line at the Swisscom store in Geneva to get a new mobile phone. I hesitated about going into that branch in particular because I didn’t know what I was going to find, or more I didn’t know if I would face racism.

I knew that the branch at the central station, Cornavin, was racism-free. What do I mean by …

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