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A high-profile Asian-Australian advertising guru says many other women hate shopping in person because staff are either sexist or racist.
Karen Ferry, who is half Chinese and half European, told the ABC's Gruen program on Wednesday night: 'Shopping sucks, it's not great.
The advertising copywriter said shopping was great for many consumers but not everyone.
'There are a lot of occasions, for a lot of people, where it's not,' she said.
'Like, for example when I went to New York and I went to a department store and a boutique, in all the stores, I was followed by security because they saw and me they were like, "You're not white. You must shoplift".'
An Asian advertising director has revealed she avoids shopping at boutique stores because she fears racist security guards will pick on her. Karen Ferry, who is half Chinese and half white, recalled being followed in the United States when she went to a mall
Ferry, a freelance copywriter and consultant, told the ABC panel
