Sherri Shepherd: I Couldn't "Beat" My Kid In A "Rich White Folks' Store"

Yesterday on "The View," Sherri Shepherd discussed taking her two-year-old son Jeffrey to a toy store that was having a sale instead of giving him a nap. She described the store, Giggle, as "a rich white folks' store."

What distinguishes a "rich white folks' store" from any other store? For Sherri, it's the inability to physically discipline her screaming child. Jeffrey was crying as they shopped for toys, but Sherri told the panel that, because she felt guilty about bringing him to the store instead of letting him nap, "I couldn't do what I normally would have done. Plus the people [were] looking at me like, this wasn't a store that looked like they beat the kids. So I had to do as the Romans do when I was in the Roman store."

It remains unclear whether these Romans came before or after the Christians.

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On yesterday's "The View," Sherri Shepherd discussed taking her son Jeffrey to a toy store for "rich white folks" and the embarrassment that ensued when her toddler would not stop crying. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1348330337http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1178199204

From ABC, 12/17

Previously: Sherri Shepherd Condones Men Hitting Back

Comments

[PatA]

~~Yesterday on "The View," Sherri Shepherd discussed taking her two-year-old son Jeffrey to a toy store that was having a sale instead of giving him a nap. She described the store, Giggle, as "a rich white folks' store."~~

Wait a minute! Sherri Shepherd wouldn't even have a job (or jobs) if it wasn't for "rich white folks!!!"

[uheardme]

That dumb white bitch, Dana Perino, who speaks for the leader of the free world not having a basic understanding of 20th century American history is more harmful than this bs. White women should be embarrassed. The bitch is clearly out of her depth.

[homas]

Am I the only one who finds this disgustingly racist? Why is she being allowed to spew this stereotypical crap on our airways?

Double Standard. Big Time.

[ElectroJones]

Barbara Walters must be spinning in her grave.

[Fenria]

TNB. If you know what that means then you know what I mean. Thats all, just TNB.

[Athoughtortwo]

Damn, ya know something, I just realized why this fool is on the air, she gets you talking, she gets people pissed, and we anger-junkies in this country, love nothing more than to be righteously pissed-off, to feel smack hit of feeling like a victim. It's a high. A nasty high, kinda like emotional glue sniffing, but that is what it is all about, it is what feeds the media monster, it is the basis of fox news, and it sells, damn it sells. It is the Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Michael Moore, Sean Hannity, Air America, Randi Rhodes,Ann Coulter, American narcissistic fantasy. It is why the right is often more successful, they are better at pushing their version of this anger-drug. And they make more money off of it too. And Sherri Sheppard, the dumb bitch is a part of that too. She got you talking, paying attention, maybe watching the view, looking at the ads below the box for writing these comments.Y­our anger= Their $.

[nutty4tahoe]

First Elisabeth Hasselbeck and now this bimbo Sherri (I don't care if she's black or white, yes, she's a bimbo). I don't watch The View anymore because it just reminds me of the dumbing down of America and just how moronic we've become. I don't want to be reminded of that on a daily basis, it's too darn depressing. If I did, there's no shortage of idiotic talking heads. I could always watch Billo O'Reilly, or listen to Glenn Beck or Rush Limpba___.

Especially glad I didn't watch The View today. I can only imagine the girls-gone­-wild-a-pa­looza that must have occurred concerning the latest in the continuing Spears family saga. Sherri "the world is flat" Shepherd probably also believes in immaculate conception. Could someone please get a muzzle for this gal? Some chloroform?

[Izadora]

Correction:the word "mouse" read "mouth"

[Izadora]

My thoughts:
What make the View so enjoyable is just
because Sherri is so real...she say
anything that come in her mouse. She really
doesn't care what people think about her.
She became a rich young woman and still
don't care about people saying "Sherri's so
classy lady!
Well I watch the view only the "gossip" part!
Please try not to judge her but to understand
her.

[theAfronerd]

A couple of things. It's high time that we get off the tribalism kick with "White" and "Black." I readily admit that I go in and out of tribalism at times but in this modern era I try to at least ween myself from the precept. Tribalism rears its head when someone thinks that Shepard is "representative" for people of color just because she is Black and celebrity. Hasselback could easily say or do something without any hit of her representing "White people" or "White thought." Sherry speaks for herself on this one and it is rooted as someone stated this need to convey "authentic­ity."....T­ime for individuality and time to stop payin attention to these over paid mannequins­..

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[exit116]

Everybody is way too sensitive about this. Typical white person answer: "Oh my God I can't believe she hits her kids!" It's not racism it's the TRUTH. This is not a big deal, it shouldn't even be a story. She spanks her kids, that's her way of parenting and it's a private matter that should stay that way. People who throw around "ist" words tend to be mental midgets that have to classify people into certain groups because their narrow mindedness doesn't allow them to comprehend other points of view other than their own. Take a joke people.

[moodyring]

Maybe you should just report the story, Danny, rather than adding your opinion.

Your statement:
"What distinguishes a "rich white folks' store" from any other store? For Sherri, it's the inability to physically discipline her screaming child" is inaccurate. Did she mention people at Giggles don't look like the type that beat their children? Yes. But what did she suggest was the difference between them and Toys R Us? The fact that the kids were behaving to begin with. There is a difference.

[phillyloaf]

who is this idiot again? what has she done? why is she on TV?

[SpindrainDotCom]

Why is this woman getting ink????

[yappnmutt]

next time i feel like beating my kids in public i'll be sure to take them to a po' black fo'k sto' so i can properly be politically correct. maybe i can get some help from the other shoppers and have a group kiddie beatdown.