Overview
- Charlene White says a security guard followed her in a well-known stationery shop while she went in to buy a birthday card.
- She describes the treatment as racial profiling and says she noticed she was the only Black shopper in the store.
- She writes that it was the third similar encounter in a week and says it left her feeling "pretty s***" about herself.
- In her account, she connects the experience to a difficult period after her father's death and the strain of presenting live TV while grieving.
- The reports cite her first-person piece in the i newspaper and do not name the retailer or note any official response so far.