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Sephora Officials Say They Take SZA’s Racial Profiling Claim At One Of Their Stores ‘Seriously’

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Chile&comma; &num;Sephora got some &OpenCurlyQuote;splanin to do&period; After &num;SZA tweeted on Tuesday that security had been called on her while she was at a Sephora in &num;Calabasas&comma; California&comma; the company is now looking into her complaint&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Now SZA just wanted to know if she could cop some &num;Fenty makeup in peace&comma; but apparently she had to set a sales girl named &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sandy” straight&period; Now Sephora officials say they are taking SZA’s complaint &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;seriously&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have been informed of an incident at our Calabasas store and in addition to reaching out to SZA directly&comma; we are gathering more information about the incident in order to take the proper next steps&comma;” a statement sent via e-mail to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;huffpost&period;com&sol;entry&sol;sza-sephora-profiling-calabasas&lowbar;n&lowbar;5cca067fe4b0d123954dd12d">&commat;HuffPost<&sol;a> read&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We take complaints like this very seriously&comma; profiling on the basis of race is not tolerated at Sephora&period; Our purpose has always been rooted in our people and ensuring that Sephora is an inclusive and welcoming space for all our clients&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">SZA claimed that Sandy called security on her to make sure she &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;wasn’t stealing&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We had a long talk&comma;” SZA wrote in a tweet&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;U have a blessed day Sandy&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">It’s not exactly clear whether the person who apparently called security is employed with the company&period; A representative for SZA didn’t immediately return HuffPost’s request for comment on the matter&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">SZA’s tweet sparked conversation on Twitter over the long history of racial discrimination and profiling black people continue to face in a multitude of ways&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Struggles of being black&period;&period; &lbrack;I’m&rsqb; sorry you had to go thru this humiliating situation baby&comma; hope you are ok&comma;” one Twitter user wrote&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Sephora’s twitter account also responded to SZA’s tweet&comma; acknowledging that SZA once worked at Sephora&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You are a part of the Sephora family&comma; and we are committed to ensuring every member of our community feels welcome and included at our stores&comma;” the tweet read&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 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