Family Outraged by Racial Slur Found on Sofa Label

A lovely coffee-brown sofa set was delivered to the home of Doris Moore and her family. But shortly after the furniture was delivered, one of her young children made a disturbing discovery: the presence of a racial slur on the label describing the product.

THE DISCOVERY

The Mississauga, Canada couple was shocked when their seven year-old daughter curiously examined the furniture and began reading the labels underneath.

"Mommy, what is n*gger brown?" she asked.

Doris Moore, a 30 year-old black woman originally from New York was shocked.

"I went over and just couldn't believe my eyes," Moore proclaimed. The label, which was detected by her daughter shortly after the delivery men left, read as follows:

Item: Abby

Description: Sofa

Color: N*gger-brown

PO No: HSO601-07

Net Weight: 67 kg

Gross Weight: 75.4 kg

Doris Moore also claims that an examination of the furniture set's other pieces (loveseat and chair) revealed the same vulgar description as the sofa.

NO ONE TAKES THE BLAME...

Moore, who has another daughter and son, has admitted that the offensive word has never been directed to her. But she attempted to explain the nature of the word to her children, who were unfamiliar with its meaning. She explained to them that it's a "very, very bad word that makes [one] feel degraded."

The day after the discovery was made, Moore says that she called Vanaik Furniture and Mattress store, where the purchase was made, to address the issue. But her phone call was unreturned. At least three other calls were made to the store. Those were unreturned as well.

The Star, a news publication in Canada was able to reach Vanaik Furniture store's assistant manager, Romesh Kumar for his response. However, he deferred responsibility to the sofa supplier, Cosmos Furniture---and advised Moore that she would need to take the matter up with that company.

The owner of Cosmos Furniture, Paul Kumar (no relation to Romesh) was contacted. But he denied any knowledge of the racial slur, and advised Moore that his products were obtained from overseas in China.