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Queen Latifah Speaks on the Jay Z’s Barneys Collaboration

Posted on October 29th, 2013
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There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the Barney’s racial discrimination allegations and whether or not Jay Z should drop his upcoming Barney’s Holiday Collection deal. The latest celebrity to share their opinion is Queen Latifah.

While on the pink carpet for BET’s Black Girls Rock!, the new talk show host chatted with The Jasmine Brand about her new show and what she thinks Jay Z should do in regards to Barneys.

I don’t know that it’s there – I mean, Jay-Z’s been pretty clear when his hit him close to home when things don’t sit right with him, but obviously things warrant further investigation. But we’ve been going through this for a long time. We know that this is something that has been continuous in our community for us when we go into various stores. I would hope that that’s not the case with Barney’s that some people got overzealous and did the wrong thing; and that is not like the whole corporation – because I like Barneys but I hate to have to break out at them. That would be terrible. I’m hoping that this whole situation gets solved and it’s a lesson to everybody else and all these other stores – be conscious of your shopper. Just because you have a baseball cap or what, doesn’t mean you don’t have money. You don’t have to justify where we got the money to buy the expensive belt.

Watch the full clip after the jump.

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