Shelia Carter

While in Rome, I stopped at the Louis Vuitton store in the Rinscente Roma Tritone to purchase a LV wallet to go with my LV bag that I already have. Upon entering the store, I quickly noticed that there were more salespersons than customers in the store. The sales staff were huddle together talking while the few customers browsed about. As my husband and I entered the store to browse (the store was designed in a circle shape and my husband took a seat while I attempted to browse), a white female salesperson made eye contact with me but never said a word. As I started to browse at the beginning of the circular store, she proceeded to literally follow me while the other non persons of color were left to their own devices to browse at their leisure. Keep in mind the other salespeople were still huddled together talking among themselves. She non discreetly followed me as I made the complete circle within the store. Nearing the exit sign, I made eye contact with my husband to leave the store. As we were leaving, I turned to her and she gave me this dead pan glaze! Once outside the store, I looked at my husband and at the same time, we both said I think she profiled me because I was black! With all that said, I coolly walked across the aisle to the Gucci store and purchased a handbag and wallet. Upon entering the Gucci store, I made contact with a salesperson and we said our hellos and she said if I needed assistance, just let her know as she walked back to the counter to assistance with other customers!