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2007-04-20 Home Front: Culture Wars

Furniture With Racist Labels Traced to China

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Posted by Jackal 2007-04-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How does someone intelligent know when a slur is obviously of a racial intent. Translate either the English word 'white', 'pink', or 'light brown' into Chinese...is the resulting word a slur to them or us...NO!! Case closed!

Posted by smn 2007-04-20 02:04|| 2007-04-20 02:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Ever get an appliance or tool from China and read the instructions? especially 10 years ago.

that's called ChinkLish corrrect?

Posted by RD">RD 2007-04-20 02:09|| 2007-04-20 02:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Saw a flag factory catalogue with a KKK flag in it.

Colored contact lenses - change your eyes to blue. "Aryan" brand.

Chinese government official: "There is no racism problem in China. We don't have any black people!"

The local beer here is called KK beer. They also have K beer. I'm waiting for them to come out with KKK beer someday...

Posted by gromky 2007-04-20 02:16|| 2007-04-20 02:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Jeesh lady cut the damn tag off problem solved. Damn.

Posted by djohn66 2007-04-20 02:36|| 2007-04-20 02:36|| Front Page Top

#5 what's the problem here?

Posted by Robert Byrd">Robert Byrd 2007-04-20 06:41|| 2007-04-20 06:41|| Front Page Top

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

So this is a person who doesn't pay attention to the news? Takes in no popular entertainment? Was completely confused when newsies referred to the "n-word"?

In other news, maps of Africa found to be racist, and Spanish textbooks found to be using an out-dated word for "black". Mexican brewers have announced they will only sell "African-American Modelo" from now on.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2007-04-20 06:51|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-04-20 06:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Chinglish.
I consider this site the best source on the subject
http://www.silverladder.com/literature/chinglish/chinglish.htm

Posted by tu3031 2007-04-20 08:56|| 2007-04-20 08:56|| Front Page Top

#8 I bet it's a fine sturdy couch.

Posted by Strom Thurmond 2007-04-20 08:59|| 2007-04-20 08:59|| Front Page Top

#9 I expect my next couch to be African-American Brown.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-04-20 12:22|| 2007-04-20 12:22|| Front Page Top

#10 I expect my next couch to be African-American Brown.

Will the material have a nappy weave?

Posted by BrerRabbit 2007-04-20 13:14|| 2007-04-20 13:14|| Front Page Top

#11 thanks tu3031...book marked it for latter reading.

Posted by RD">RD 2007-04-20 13:57|| 2007-04-20 13:57|| Front Page Top

#12 Moore is consulting with a lawyer and wants compensation.

Suck it up, lady, and get on with your shattered fucking life.

Jeesh lady cut the damn tag off problem solved. Damn.

What, and risk being relentlessly hunted down by the Mattress Tag Police?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-20 15:10|| 2007-04-20 15:10|| Front Page Top

#13 STEP AWAY FROM THE CUSHIONS !

Posted by Mattress Tag Police 2007-04-20 16:42|| 2007-04-20 16:42|| Front Page Top

#14 Put the couch up for sale on EBAY - I know an actor from Seinfeld and a few rappers who might put in a bid.

Posted by Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-04-20 18:26|| 2007-04-20 18:26|| Front Page Top

#15 I am SO SICK of this crap. Nigger. Nigger, nigger, nigger. NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER. nigger nigger fo figger, banana nanna fo figger, fee fi fo figger, nigger. Nigger please! There! I used this awful word 12 times! Are there twelve dead people out there because I did so? NO? Have the laws changed to reinstate slavery? NO? Then maybe it's time to get off the reverse racism horse and get over it. It's a word, and a word that black people say all the time. Either get over it and just treat it like any other word, or get serious about banning it and have EVERYBODY stop using it. NO PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT BASED ON RACE, which is what this whole brouhaha is about. I'm emancipated from this white guilt horsecrap and I don't want to hear about it anymore. See the link: http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/gift.html

Posted by Mac 2007-04-20 21:18|| 2007-04-20 21:18|| Front Page Top

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