Racial Slur Blamed on Chinese Manufacturer
Talk about passing the buck….
A chocolate-colored sofa was delivered to the home of an African-American born, raised in NYC woman with a racial slur on the packaging describing the color as "nigger-brown."
The woman called the furniture store.
"Why should I take the blame?" the furniture store said. "I'm a trader, I don't manufacture."
The owner of the supplier…."I import my products from overseas. I've never noticed anything like that. This is something new to me."
He passed the blame on to a Chinese furniture maker in Guangzhou with a demand to remove all similar labels.
So…the Chinese get blamed.
Question: Who taught the Chinese that descriptive term? I can't imagine a shipping clerk in southern China coming up with it or finding it in a dictionary somewhere.
It is unacceptable to use such a term…it is equally unacceptable for not taking responsibility for mistakes made.
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November 25, 2007
Get a life lady! Sure, it’s offensive, but obviously not racist, they don’t know enough about the term to be racist! Let the manufacturer, or whoever, know about it, but to make a big deal out of this is just stupid! There’s probably a real good chance they heard the term in a rap song, sung by guess what ‘minority’? So all you people out there who thought it was ok to use the term,WRONG! It’s come home to roost!
April 18, 2007
American movies? Anyway whoever taught this must be all too familiar with this term.
April 11, 2007
Question: Who taught the Chinese that descriptive term? I can’t imagine a shipping clerk in southern China coming up with it or finding it in a dictionary somewhere.
I’ve seen some unlikely stuff written by ‘non English speakers’ working from a dictionary and with no first-hand knowledge of the language.
But yes – were I the merchant I would have taken immediate ownership and comped the lady her couch.