Anthony's New Couch!

[SuperGolfer]

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Seven-Year-Old Finds Offensive Label On Couch
Thursday April 5, 2007
It's not often that an item intended to induce relaxation causes this much stress. But when Doris Moore's seven-year-old daughter discovered an inappropriate label on a couch she just bought, kicking back and relaxing on the piece of furniture was the farthest thing from her mind.

The little girl approached her mom after discovering a label on the dark brown couch that listed the colour as "****** brown".

Moore was understandably shocked.

"For me to buy couches and then the colour coming under that, ****** brown, I was floored," she said.

The couch was purchased as a store called Vaniak Furniture, but the manager, Romesh Kumar, claims he knew nothing about the label, saying it's a problem with the supplier.

For Moore, and her family, who are from Ghana it's difficult to fathom how such an offensive word could find its way on to a piece of furniture.

"With slavery and what happened to us and the words they called us, it hits home," she said.

Moore is filing a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission and she wants the word taken off the furniture.

[rustytrombone1]

I find it awfully coincidental that a certain fancy man we all know has yet to deny involvement, stock ownership in the manufacturer, or being the creative genius behind a fancy product like this.

[distortion9]

What's wierd is that they only picked that couch cause the store was all out of "Banjo Lip Black".

[THE FEZ MAN]

im sure it said negro, which is black in several languages. fucking stupid sparkling wiggles

[RobeSoup&Tears]

LOL...that's the only one he'd let in the house.

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[bethm1b]

LOL...that's the only one he'd let in the house.

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Mine is on back order with my chink yellow blinds.

[JSHAW]

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/200265

Story of the week candidate?

[MrBogey]

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/200265

Story of the week candidate?

Someone posted this already...

"Every time I sit on it, I'll think of that," she said.

Talk about high strung.

[wes mantooth]

The store owner should've told her that ****** brown is just another term for a Lazy Boy. :D



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[Newmania]

I gotta say, the couch is indeed ****** brown.

[martianvirus]

I'll bet it was a negro that gave it that color. They use the word more then we do.

[MAV]

The store owner should've told her that ****** brown is just another term for a Lazy Boy. :D



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goddamn wes, youve been makin me laugh all friggin day with your liners. :clap:

[BCH]

Methinks someone in china has a sense of humor and was asked to translate somthing into engrish.

[Schmed]

I gotta say, the couch is indeed ****** brown.

So is the "ho" sitting on it.

[Smokezilla]

Anybody know where I can pickup a Blue-Gummer Sectional???:huh:

[wes mantooth]

What's wierd is that they only picked that couch cause the store was all out of "Banjo Lip Black".


:clap: This one made me laugh.



Thanks for the kind words Mav.


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[jagsfans]

The store owner should've told her that ****** brown is just another term for a Lazy Boy. :D


Line of the day!!! Line of the day.

And how fucking big is that label. Every furniture label I've seen you need a fucking magnifing glass to read.

[abudabit]

Update:


TORONTO - Doris Moore was shocked when her new couch was delivered to her home with a label that used a racial slur to describe the dark brown shade of the upholstery.

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The situation was even more alarming for Moore because it was her 7-year-old daughter who pointed out "n----- brown" on the tag.

"My daughter saw the label and she knew the color brown, but didn't know what the other word meant. She asked, 'Mommy, what color is that?' I was stunned. I didn't know what to say. I never thought that's how she'd learn of that word," Moore said.

The mother complained to the furniture store, which blamed the supplier, who pointed to a computer problem as the source of the derogatory label

Kingsoft Corp., a Chinese software company, acknowledged its translation program was at fault and said it was a regrettable error.

"I know this is a very bad word," Huang Luoyi, a product manager for the Beijing-based company's translation software, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

He explained that when the Chinese characters for "dark brown" are typed into an older version of its Chinese-English translation software, the offensive N-word description comes up.

"We got the definition from a Chinese-English dictionary. We've been using the dictionary for 10 years. Maybe the dictionary was updated, but we probably didn't follow suit," he said.

Moore, who is black, said Kingsoft's acknowledgment of a mistake doesn't make her feel better.

"They should know what they are typing, even if it is a software error," she said. "In order for something to come into the country, don't they read it first? Doesn't the manufacturer? The supplier?"

Romesh Vanaik, owner of Vanaik Furniture where Moore bought the sofa, said it has been a best seller. He said he checked his stock but found no other couch with the offensive label.

He added that he had not known the meaning of the N-word.

"It's amazing. I've been here since 1972 and I never knew the meaning of this word," said Vanaik, a native of India.

His supplier, Paul Kumar of Cosmos Furniture in Toronto, denied responsibility and refused to give the name of the couch's Chinese manufacturer.

"It's not my fault. It's not the manufacturers' fault," he said, adding that Kingsoft was to blame.

Huang said Kingsoft has worked to correct the translation error. In the 2007 version, typing "dark brown" in Chinese does not produce the racial slur in English. But if the offensive term is typed in English, the Chinese translation is "dark brown," he said.

Moore is consulting with a lawyer and wants compensation. Last week, she filed a report with the Ontario Human Rights Commission.

Commission spokeswoman Afroze Edwards said the case is in the initial stages and could take six months to two years to resolve.

Moore, 30, has three young children, and said the issue has taken a toll on her family.

"Something more has to be done. We don't just need a personal apology, but someone needs to own up to where these labels were made, and someone needs to apologize to all people of color," Moore said. "I had friends over from St. Lucia yesterday and they wouldn't sit on the couch."


Why are people from fucking China supposed to know the definition of the word you fat cunt?

[ImAlrightSpider]

Why are people from fucking China supposed to know the definition of the word you fat cunt?


Exactly! I would like to see her translate somthing into Chinese. To say that they "should know" what they are writing is a bit of a stretch. Have you ever tried to read instructions translated from Chinese? They are usually absurd.

[Garyisajoke]

The store owner should've told her that ****** brown is just another term for a Lazy Boy. :D

I'm way behind in saying so, but goddamn that's a funny line.

[JimsInfectedEye]

As long as the sofa doesn't cover the fine floorwork

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[d0uche_n0zzle]

The uppity bitch should be thrown into a wood chipper.

[GonzoRadio]

Why is this even offensive to a Canadian? Did Canada have slavery? Do they have the same history as blacks in America?

[DrumCorpsAlum]

That's actually a couch I wouldn't mind having in my living room, somehow I don't thing Ikea carries the "******" line.

[DrumCorpsAlum]

Someone owns a sharpie. Check out those eyebrows.

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[TrybalRage]

Ewww what a cunt she wants compensation?

[abudabit]

Someone owns a sharpie. Check out those eyebrows.

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Look at that hairline. All she needs is 3 inch curly fingernails and hoop earings and the ghetto tranny look is complete.

[THE FEZ MAN]

Ewww what a cunt she wants compensation?

its not compansaton, its reperatons whitey. i say give her 40acers and a mule or else she gets a whippin for being uppity