Offensive Couch from China

Toronto, ON - A woman complains that the label used on her dark brown couch has the offensive description "n***** brown" to describe the colour. It was her 7 years old daughter that found the label and asked what the word meant. The source of the problem is traced back from the retailer to the distributor and then to the manufacturer in China. It turns out that the translation software used by the manufacturer references an old English-Chinese dictionary where the description with the n-word came up when the Chinese characters for dark brown was entered. To make matters worst, the retailer is an immigrant from India who did not know the meaning of the word. Now, the woman, who is of colour, plans on suing for compensation and filed a report with Ontario Human Rights Commission.

Now now, this is what you get for diversity in Canada and the whole "tossed salad" concept. Trying to sue and filing complaints for a genuine mistake that did not intent on hurting or insulting any race does not encourage diversity.

Link to the article:
Yahoo - Offensive Couch Label Traced Back to China