7 Year-Old Discovers Racist Couch
Furniture shopping: Everyone’s done it… a sturdy new coffee table, a firm yet all encompassing easy chair for the TV room – or a full-size, extra cozy couch the whole family can enjoy.
Canadian couple Doris Moore and her husband Douglas decided to make such a purchase – and chose a lovely, brand-new, brown leather set: Couch, loveseat and chair…
What they did not purchase was the particular shade of brown they got.
The tags, boldly appearing on each piece, told the Moores in no uncertain terms that the color of their comfy new set was actually “Nigger-brown.” Enough to shock even the staunchest bigot where they stand…but that wasn’t the worst part – it was their 7 year old daughter who discovered the flagrantly fiendish flub.
Curiously poking around just after the delivery men left, little Olivia asked mommy what the word meant.
Ms. Moore then got on the phone and began a journey find who was responsible for the insulting label.
A Chinese software company called Kingsoft Corp. acknowledged that the issue was created by a translator program it had written – one that would make the English speaking world understand what they were printing on their furniture’s labels.
Kingsoft apologized and indicated the “N” word was simply misspelled. It was supposed to be “Niger” coined after the river of the same name – which is dark brown in color.
The Moore’s however, aren’t satisfied. They retained counsel and are looking for more than just a simple apology.
“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.”
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By jeffela on 25-05-2009
Comment by Laurel LaFlamme
May 25th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
That's one HUGE "translation" boo-boo!
Comment by count duckula
May 25th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
When users enter "dark brown" in Chinese in older versions of the Kingsoft program, its spits out the n-bomb. Newer versions don't, but if you type the slur in English, "dark brown" shows in Chinese.
The supplier, who hasn't updated the translation software in 10 years, blames the software. The couch store owner, who came to Canada in 1972 from India, says he's never heard the word before. The lady who bought the couch is considering suing. — BEN POPKEN
Only my arm, Penfold, and that's no cleverer than the rest of me.
Comment by NEIM
May 25th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Its messed up… but funny. lol
Comment by Dudeman
May 25th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
If she was only looking for publicity for her case I can sympathize, but if she's out for money she's tainted her cause…unless she's giving it to a charity.
As for her seven year old, she'll find out about the N word soon enough when she starts listening to rap, so no sympathy there.
Comment by COUNT DUCKULA
May 25th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Rap is crap!
Comment by Erin Maher
May 26th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Cry about it. It's a typo, not a deliberately racist dig.
Comment by BBB
May 26th, 2009 at 12:39 am
How nice that you can be so sure of someone else's intentions.
Comment by zayzayem
May 26th, 2009 at 4:06 am
Why the hell wouldn't her friends sit on the couch?
Does she introduce to her friends as the "nigger couch" or something?
Comment by zayzayem
May 26th, 2009 at 4:08 am
Yes, it's much more likely that a Chinese manufacturer is out to offend and discriminate against people of colour by printing labels on the underside of their couches that use the term "Nigger-Brown"
Comment by Loudog
May 26th, 2009 at 5:17 am
LOL! Gotta love Chinglish.
Comment by bozo_5150
May 26th, 2009 at 10:34 am
thats what i thought too. they cant sit on it because of a typo on the label under the damn thing
Comment by bozo_5150
May 26th, 2009 at 10:35 am
how nice you can be so sure of there intentions to be negative.
Comment by drasaid
May 26th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Just let my Bull Terrier Lenney Brisco at it, and it will be all white and fluffy (Except for the framework, which will be the pale brown of untreated wood.)
Comment by Loren
May 26th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Old news: updated 6:08 a.m. PT, Fri., April 20, 2007
Comment by chipweber
May 26th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
The translation mistake sounds very reasonable with the words described. She needs to 'lighten up'… (oh, oh, now someone's going to say that I'm racist by using that phrase… oh well, can't stop some people for thinking whatever they want…)
Comment by Trish
May 26th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Nah, your not racist, your just exhibiting comon sence. Which is sorly lacking in today's world.
Comment by Loud Shirt Chip
May 26th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
thanks for the vote of confidence Trish… you're right about the common sense part.
Comment by Nicola
May 26th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Wow. That's pretty sad.
Comment by Skpcom
May 26th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Ah! yet another way to make money. I'm looking at all my furniture to learn if the Irish are insulted in any way shape or form.
Comment by DAB
May 27th, 2009 at 12:05 am
She is seeking legal counsel. Now we know she will do the only right thing. Sue the crap out of those big rich money grubbing fat cat furniture manufacturers and retailers. There is no way in this global economy do we want to cut anyone slack for an oversight language mistake. No way, they are less than perfect and missed the mark. Make them pay big time. This is the great American and I am sure Canadian way to make sure that there is an equal distribution of wealth to all the have not's.
Comment by Meatball
May 27th, 2009 at 12:19 am
OMFG!!! Some judge should disbar whomever represents her and fine her if she takes this to court. Mistakes happen people!!! Have some common sense!!! Get your money back and make sure not to buy from them again, but don't waste tax payer money or make the culprit transfer prices to other suckers thereby lessening everyone else's well being. I am fed up with this "sue everyone for everything" society in which we live in. WTF… I'm moving to Sweden!!!
Comment by BigDude5643
May 27th, 2009 at 12:41 am
Just sit on the doggone couch, already. If it said "Cracker-white" I'd laugh my butt off then sit on the darn thing.
Comment by momcani
May 27th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Nigger Brown was once a common term. Niger is latin for black. A niger brown is made from an oil based dye called Nigrosine.. used to dye everything from Microbiology cells to view under an electron microscope to leather. The word Nigger is not a slang noun referring to an ethnic group of people in this case.
I am very fluent in Chinglish having lived in China for a couple of years and this is not a translation error.
Pretty sure this case doesn't have a leg to stand on in court.
Comment by momcani
May 27th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
good grief.. it blanked out my words… niger brown was once a common term.
Comment by momcani
May 27th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Maybe her friend cant sit on it because it is dyed with Nigrosine.. a dye used to colour leather… hence the term.. niger brown.
Comment by momcani
May 27th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
the Chinese company is NOT racist… Niger Brown was a common name for a colour because of the name of the dye use to make it… dyed with Nigrosine.
Comment by momcani
May 27th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Its not an oversight on language.. it is north american who as an oversight on the term niger… it is us who has made the term offensive.
niger is latin for Black…. people Niger is a colour.
Comment by momcani
May 27th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Lawyers wouldnt take this to court because of the history of the name niger brown…. it means black brown… dyed with Nigrosine a leather dye commonly used to dye every dark coloured leather sofa out there.
It would never even get to court.
Comment by momcani
May 27th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Nigger Brown was once a common term. Niger is latin for black. A niger brown is made from an oil based dye called Nigrosine.. used to dye everything from Microbiology cells to view under an electron microscope to leather. The word Nigger is not a slang noun referring to an ethnic group of people in this case.
Comment by blaze
May 27th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
oh my god i'm gonna sue the company for making me see "the word"
Comment by mike
May 27th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Counsel??? Give me a freaking break. There are too many SUE happy people out there. It's a mistake, it could have been Chink Yellow or something else and you would have simply thought it funny. Give up the lawsuit, it's absurd.
Comment by Mark
May 27th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
lol wow
Comment by DUDE
May 27th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
She probably made the tags herself so she can sue.
Comment by Latina Butterfly
May 28th, 2009 at 10:16 am
OMG that's funny. I'm sure I should be all outraged and whatnot but my first reaction was laughter, give me a few days and I'll be like "burn the couch!"
Comment by Latina Butterfly
May 28th, 2009 at 10:20 am
All true, although the word was misspelled on the tag, it was spelled with 2 g's so maybe that had something to do with their upset.
Comment by ooddballz
May 28th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Ok, I say we get a class action suite going againt every rapper that has used toe offensive word.
Comment by oobddballz
May 28th, 2009 at 10:30 am
the
Comment by Chungkee
May 28th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
My chair has a label that says Peckerwood!!!
Comment by stroudsberg
May 28th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
i bet the knee grows who own the couch listen to knee ger rap music all the time!
asians…another minority that white people should pity….and give money to; money solves everything.
Comment by JDM
May 28th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
This is so ridiculous. Has she not heard that her grandparents and great grandparents already fought for and won equality. She is riding on their coattails for something that was a translation error.
If the sofa is so offensive, return it and buy from someone else. But, don't SUE because of it.
Or IF you sue, then donate ALL the proceeds to NAACP. Anything less and you are looking at this as an opportunistic moment to cash in on some free money.
Loved what another blogger said about her child hearing that word. She's going to hear that and so much more listening to the hip-hop of today.
Comment by Television Spy
May 28th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
This story is a bit old , but in certain parts of the world where they don't have as much sensitivity (generally countries less racially or melanin diverse). Her lawsuit is unjust, I can understand her anger and sentiment, but her problem should be with the manufacturer not the retailer.
I think the lady in this case is being oversensitive, or is just looking to capitalize on what looks to be a misprint.
Comment by Ben
May 28th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I'm Hispanic. If I bought a couch and found a label that said something like, "Beaner Brown", after I stopped laughing, I'd haul it out for all my friends to see (and sit on.) Come on, it's obviously an error and there was no racist intent. What furniture manufacturer would intentionally offend potential customers? They WANT you to like their stuff so you'll buy it.
Comment by rundosrun
May 28th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Wow. Is she going to sit next to radio stations that play rap music with the same name in their lyrics?
This is all about getting attention from people.
She would use her talents in a much better capacity.
NWA, the rap group awaits her input.
Comment by Guest
May 28th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
I heard about someone else finding this on their couch months ago, so the manufacturer had plenty of time to take care of this and obviously hasn't. It's real easy for people who haven't faced racial slurs to say get over it real quick.
Comment by Jessie
May 28th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Niggers would not be called stupid if they stopped acting so stupid.
Comment by carla
May 28th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I guess next time they will buy American!
Comment by carla
May 28th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
If it said "cracker white" it would probably be made in Mexico, but I would still laugh my as@ off also!
Comment by slave-trader
May 28th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Another nigger suing.
As soon as her daughter found the label, she knew she’d hit the lotto. These people don’t work, they’re lazy and sociopathic.
Comment by slave-trader
May 28th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
If the sofa is nigger, you can be sure it will rob your money.
Comment by momcani
May 28th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
It's an actual colour that use to be very common to see. The leather is dyed with nigrosine.. niger in latin means black.
This was not an error.
It is people like this that has made the word an ugly word.. notice how they call each other by this same word but if they see it somewhere else they freak out.
Comment by momcani
May 28th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
If they buy a dark brown sofa that is made in America….. it will still be dyed with Nigrosine.. and technically the colour will still be niger brown.. even if it is called something else.
Comment by momcani
May 28th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
I suspect she knew before she ordered the sofa what the colour was and purchased it just to make a huge splash… they always like to use the racist card.
Comment by skoobusnla
May 28th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I BET THAT IF IT SAID ""GAY" OR "HOMOSEXUAL" COUCH THEY WOULD HAVE SHOWN IT TO ALL THEIR FRIENDS AND LAUGHED..
Comment by momcani
May 28th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Yes it was misspelled …. how often do you misspell something written in Zhong Wen? pronounced jong when.
I'm pretty sure she didnt know what the sofa was dyed with since her friend refused to sit on it… good luck to her sitting on any dark brown sofa that doesnt have this same dye.
Zai Jian
Momcani
Comment by momcani
May 28th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Why pitty asians? Their economy is striving.
Comment by momcani
May 28th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Sofa Change
Comment by CouchTagDetective
May 28th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Oh my – I just peed all over myself and spit out my soda pop!
As far as the little girl, yes indeedy! Rap will more than introduce her to the N word and she can learn that women are ho's and beeotches and pimping ain't easy but it's necessary!
Rest assured – as soon as I get home I'll be flipping over furniture – I want to know if there are any slurs about rednecks……………
Maybe Doris can give me her lawyers name – just in case anything objectionable turns up on my furniture tags!
Comment by aint me
May 28th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
D amn when is the BS gonna stop!
Ridiulous and frivolous lawsuit.
Comment by Koz
May 28th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
she just wants to get paid now and will probably sue to get the couch back. She is behaving very niggardly (look it up before you comment)
Comment by sooya
May 29th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Can I sue because Florida restaurants use Cracker Boy seasoning?
Comment by ForReal
May 29th, 2009 at 1:30 am
So she's going to sue… What is the world coming to. Maybe I should sue because I got called a cracker when I walked down MLK Blvd.
The greatest crime in the USA is to harm someone's self esteem! My thoughts are if you are having children out of wedlock, are a drug dealer or user, or are a thief or on welfare then you should have low self esteem. Its like having a guilty conscious, it makes you realize you can do better.
Comment by origins
May 29th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Wow. This woman must not only be thin skinned and overly sensitive noting her reactions, but it sure doesn't show the way she proudly holds up that tag. I haven't bothered to do the research, but could it be possible that the country name is where the slang originated? Negro, Niger, Nigeria, etc….all seem to be verry similar, after all. So it means, dark brown…big deal.
Comment by nonya
May 29th, 2009 at 3:53 am
Used in combinations (e.g. nigger-brown, nigger-head, nigger-toe) since 1840s for various dark brown or black hues or objects; euphemistic substitutions (e.g. Zulu) began to appear in these senses c.1917.
From dictionary.com
Comment by nonya
May 29th, 2009 at 3:55 am
And actually, it looks like a nice brown couch.
Comment by Freethought
May 29th, 2009 at 4:13 am
Wow. I think the more people freak about it, the worse it gets. People GIVE words their meaning. Take that away and be proud of your heritage, it no longer has the power to inflict a wound at all.
To demonstrate this, my son and his friends were actually having FUN with the word in school. They were told they couldn't and funny, only the white kids were reprimanded for using the 'N' word. Why is that? Well they started calling each other 'niglets' and laughing. At first I thought it was inappropriate, but then I thought that since they were not using the word for hurt but to get around using the other word for simple play. They are young boys and all of them were in on it. Perhaps it might put a salve on to have the word broken down and stripped to it's proverbial underpants in such a way.
Of course it's hard to cry foul when by FAR the most people I hear using the "N" word are black people. If some blacks and rap music keeps it and uses it, it will never get out of mainstream use.
Comment by none
May 29th, 2009 at 4:45 am
getoverit
Comment by Alfred E. Neuman
May 29th, 2009 at 6:10 am
I think that the Canadian folks upset about their couch are very niggardly.
Comment by Randolph
May 29th, 2009 at 6:40 am
The error was not based on racial hate but a simple mis-translation. Of course it provides an opportunity to reject an apology and maybe get some financial profit out of the deal. Isn't that what this is really about?
Comment by Bob
May 29th, 2009 at 9:42 am
It is a mistake. No need to over-react, sassy Mama's.
Comment by BroMan!
May 29th, 2009 at 9:53 am
As a man of color, I'll say it…."Lady, lighten up….the Life Dept. called, your order is in, pick it up!" I mean really!? If you had a life, you'd move on & try to be more productive. Maybe get a better weave?
Comment by unsure547
May 29th, 2009 at 10:01 am
why wouldn't the company sit on the couch?? just because it is dark brown? well, then make em sit on the floor!! also, why is the company is offended w/ the color of the couch?? rediculous story here.
Comment by suebdu
May 29th, 2009 at 10:10 am
I had a good laugh-but also this lady is so serious about it-that is the most funny part. Dont be sooo serious-im sure it is just what the above post says about the latin term. I'm going to go shopping for a cracker couch.
Comment by suebdu
May 29th, 2009 at 10:13 am
I cant believe you people are still so racist-there are stupid people of every race
Comment by suebdu
May 29th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Its because they were afraid they would disappear-her friends are as stupid as she is
Comment by sheesh
May 29th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
And folks wonder where the stereotypes come from…..
Comment by momcani
May 29th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
hahahaha @ lighten up
Comment by momcani
May 29th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
the only mistranslation was that they put an extra G in the word.
Comment by dude
May 29th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
if she didn't want a n i g g e r couch maybe she should have chosen, as someone else stated, cracker white lol, then her teeth wouldn't be the brightest thing in the room, because she isn't very bright in my book, maybe she should take a vowel (seditive/pill), like the rest of the welfare world does when they can't deal with the simple things in life.
Comment by Jack Mehoffer
May 29th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Damn, that's right niggardly of that woman.
(Hey, you illiterate morons, "niggardly" means "CHEAP". Look it UP, doffuss boys (and girls).
Comment by Eva
May 29th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
ok so big deal,,they said someone took the blame for it why make a big racial issue out of it?it wasnt 2 be that way and she knows it,,they siad it was misspelled so get over it,,laugh it off and move on,,now the couch will be famous like elvis and will never die!!just go buy some cracker white pillows and throw on your nigger brown couch and leave it be..god people are sue happy anymore,the judge should just give her the chair and love seat to match and toss in some cracker white pillows to match and call it done!! hell this funny!!! I want one to so it can match my indian red rug,and my run for the border mexican curtains!!!
Comment by Jesse
May 29th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
LOL! It's pretty funny. I thought Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton buried that word several years ago and pronounced it dead. I guess China never got the memo. My Grandma had a black cat named Nigger when she was a little girl. It's just a word.
Comment by molly in virgina USA
May 29th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
I just zoomed in really tightly on her eyes and if you can see past the contempt, you can clearly see $$DOLLAR$$ in all colors of the rainbow where her pupils once rested.
Comment by djinn
May 29th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
a bull terrier named Lenney Brisco is the most awesome thing I've seen all week. Good work.
Comment by Captain Love
May 29th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
I like the word and I use it often.
Comment by Captain Love
May 29th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Yeah, wasting a good couch on a N*****
Comment by Misser
May 29th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
You're a "big girl"; get over it! Money doesn't fix everything! Some african-americans call each other this nasty word.
Comment by Timmy
May 29th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Ok, I understand they might have been immediately offensive, but after reflection? Come on people get a life. This is the issue you are going to take to the courts, a misprint and translation error? I love how the article says this would shock even the most staunch bigot. I am not a bigot and not shocked at all. I am far more offended that someone is trying to profit and tie up courts with this nonsense than the actual misprint itself.
Comment by Realist
May 29th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I wonder if they are offended by rap music in which every other word is "nigger" this, and "nigger" that?
Comment by Ni.gg.erLov.er
May 29th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
I think I am going to name my couch "Ni.gger", then when my friends come over I will say, "have a seat on my Ni.gger." Would that be wrong?
Comment by Jacob
May 29th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
The "pale brown of untreated wood" may com back as Mexican Brown.
Comment by Diana
May 29th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
It is just that the lady who bought the couch is tired of being put down so much just for the color of her skin or nationality. If she hadn't been treated so bad in the past, then this would not happen and that is my opinion. The people who sold her the couch just need to give her an apology, and if they can afford it, let her have a free couch. The customer is supposed to be king or queen. If not for the customers then things could not be sold. My point is that everyone should get along and realize that this lady's feelings were hurt by the name on the couch. It does no good to get defensive. Just be compassionate and try to understand where she is coming from and what she has had to endure.
Comment by Dogged
May 29th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
I have black friends who are laughing their little heads off!!!! Rappers and gangstas should be sued for using the N word wholly on purpose. Where does it all end. If people of color want (and should have) racial equality, they also have to play the non-racist card, and where I live, they go out of their way to distance themselves from those who are a different color or origin.
Comment by orion's girl
May 29th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Let me guess…..they AREN'T looking for money..but somebody needs to pay…..yeah right. These people need to get a grip on reality. If this is the worst thing that ever happens to them they will be VERY lucky. Why do some people think "sue them" for every little thing that happens. They don't need an apology just a million or two. Oh…and I am sure their little girl is permanently damaged from reading one little word. OH PLEASE!!!!!!
Comment by Stormy Weather
May 30th, 2009 at 1:22 am
I would not be offended if I bought a white couch and it had color Whitey printed on it.
Comment by Stormy Weather
May 30th, 2009 at 1:26 am
"Curiously poking around just after the delivery men left, little Olivia asked mommy what the word meant."
Seven years old and never heard the word,yeah right
Comment by Stormy Weather
May 30th, 2009 at 1:30 am
What give her a free couch,are you serious?
Just another stupid lawsuit.
I ahve a white couch and if they put whitey on as the color or cracker-whote as some here have said.I would
have laugh my butt off.
Comment by soapboxlady
May 30th, 2009 at 3:39 am
Some people will sue anyone at anytime if they see a way to make some money for themselves.
This lady sees her new couch as a gold mine.
Comment by Joe
May 30th, 2009 at 3:50 am
What exactly does she need an attorney for ? I'm just curious.
Comment by shirl
May 30th, 2009 at 6:51 am
It's all about the money now…..How sad…..Take it back I'm sure they would refund your money. The nerve of some people.
Comment by Toby Jug
May 30th, 2009 at 7:53 am
"Curiously poking around just after the delivery men left, little Olivia asked mommy what the word meant."
It refers to a kind of parasite that spreads like a plague and destroys everything it touches. The kind that tries to turn a translation error into a race-based lawsuit so it can steal even more money from people who work for a living.
Comment by NYCgirl
May 30th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Jeez, i am absolutely ashamed of having to share my race with stupid bitches like this. Thank God she's Canadian or else we'd have all the anti-American assholes in here talking about how stupid Americans are. We really don't need another example.
Some people really make you wonder…
Comment by Rick James
May 30th, 2009 at 11:55 am
HAHAHAHAHAHA…..f#ck yo couch
Comment by cindy
May 30th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
It a color in the box get over it
Comment by Marie
May 30th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
I don't mean to be insensitive, but this is just stupid. Why would a furniture company intentionally put discriminating words on their labels?
Comment by KRS
May 30th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Ha Ha Ha ! Love it. Nigger buys a nigger colored couch and has a category 5 chimpout
If a white person bought a cracker colored couch, he would laugh and get on with his life.
Comment by KRS
May 30th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Even funnier! This board censors nigger but not cracker
Comment by NGGRHTR
May 30th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
N I G G E R S are just retarded
Comment by Johnny Reb
May 30th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Mommy what does is a N I G G E R ?
A failed subspecies of human that try to live off of white people through stealing, lawsuits and welfare. The are stuck somewhere between a gorilla and a retarded human. In fact, IQ is the average N I G G E R used to be regarded as mentally retarded, but they had to change the scoring system to keep from embarrassing the poor beasts.
Comment by DalWMn
May 30th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Love it! where can I buy a N I G G E R colored couch. Just hope it doesn't smell like one.
Comment by blah
May 30th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Whatever happened to the old saying: Sticks and stones will break my bones but words can never hurt me? i guess this lady gets hurt by words. the company apologied and said it was a misspelling error. i would have returned it and got my money back. this whole race thing is blown way out of control! u cant even say the word black when your describing a color on an item or they will think your "RACIST"! its even worse then im even saying but we will leave it at that for now!
Comment by BuckTooth
May 30th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Get over it – so what. Dark skinned folks call each other this all the time. It was a mistake in translation. There is no way they should get any money for this. It's Canada not the USA, we have a half white president now ya know. They are looking to make a money off of their skin color……
Comment by DBB
May 30th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Even if it was intentional, what do the people in the article stand to gain from an apology?
People who demand apologies don't deserve them. An apology usually isn't enough for them.
Comment by sara123
May 30th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
I don't think it will be as easy to shake down the Chi-coms as it is with Americans.
Comment by babs
May 31st, 2009 at 2:50 am
OMG, touchy. The N word is used by the very same people, and NOBODY CARES. Hasn't anyone realized the playing field is WIDE OPEN for all who care to participate in this life.
Comment by danrual
May 31st, 2009 at 5:06 am
but you don't have the stigma of having ancestors or cousins of ancestors who were called cracker while under suppression, which was justified and perpetuated by their skin-color. If you sit on the
Comment by Jesse S.
May 31st, 2009 at 5:26 am
Now that we have a bona fide N I G G E R as president it is time for the N I G G E R S to get over this and just behave like every other normal human. Do you hear the Irish complain, the Italians, the Germans, the Koreans, the Polynesians, even the Native Americans. No! just the loud mouthed N I G G E R S ! It is now time to end affirmative action and special privileges to N I G G E R S and let them play on equal ground with everyone else. Boo Hoo little N I G L E T got offended, live with it you litlle monkeys!
Comment by James B
May 31st, 2009 at 5:33 am
I think it is a great name and a perfect description. Just think about it. It costs money to upkeep, brings in no money for itself, is only good for sitting or laying down, and has an IQ lower than a bug. I think the word N I G G E R perfecty describes it. Now if it could just rape, steal and whine it would be the ideal N I G G E R.
Comment by nigerbrown
May 31st, 2009 at 5:58 am
haha get over it u nigger
Comment by Jonny Quest
May 31st, 2009 at 6:40 am
Typical Nee-gar Behavior. Scream rayciss and sue for a big payday instead of actually EARNING a living.
Comment by mike byrd
May 31st, 2009 at 8:30 am
LOL
Comment by annoyed
May 31st, 2009 at 9:53 pm
oh get over it
Comment by Burt Neblo
June 6th, 2009 at 10:43 am
If it's so offensive,why are the rappers given a pass at using it?
Comment by Einsoph4
June 7th, 2009 at 4:49 am
Everything is Racial to a Racist.
Comment by Dan
June 8th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
“someone needs to apologize to all people of color”
WTF? This stupid nigger ho not only hopes to win the nigga lottery with a lawsuit, she demands that SOMEONE apologize to all niggers? Even the niggers that have never heard of this story? Are they offended and just don’t know it yet?
Comment by Koz
June 11th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
there are a few on this board who referred to this lady as African American. She from friggin CANADA.
Can we get over the whole African American thing already and get back to black?
Comment by o lawd
June 24th, 2009 at 6:13 am
LOL FCKIN LOL
"And heres the dining room. If you need to use the rest room down the hall… And here's the family room. We just got a beautiful new LCD TV, so have a seat and feel free to make yourself at home…and this is the ****** couch."
Comment by Talon
June 30th, 2009 at 2:17 am
HAH!! At least they picked the right color for the right family!
Comment by netdoc66
July 2nd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Where can I buyz me one of these nigga couches from?
Comment by bob1000
July 5th, 2009 at 12:45 am
i already hated china but man thats low imeen they took all of americas jobs