Nigger Brown Is The New Black

Maybe I'm just punch drunk from all of this Imus stuff but can anyone explain just what shade of brown, nigger brown is?

When the new chocolate-coloured sofa set was delivered to her Brampton home, Doris Moore was stunned to see packing labels describing the shade as "Nigger-brown."

She and husband Douglas purchased a sofa, loveseat and chair in dark brown leather last week from Vanaik Furniture and Mattress store on Dundas St. E.

Moore, 30, who describes herself as an African-American born and raised in New York, said it was her 7-year-old daughter who pointed out the label just after delivery men from the Mississauga furniture store left.

"She's very curious and she started reading the labels," Moore explained. "She said, `Mommy, what is nig ... ger brown?' I went over and just couldn't believe my eyes."

She said yesterday each piece had a similar label affixed to the woven protective covering wrapped around the furniture.

"In this day and age, that's totally unacceptable," Moore said.

Almost everyone I know is a different shade of brown so I just want to know which of them they are talking about. The store manager, whose names sounds East Indian, (and is probably some shade of nigger brown too) is trying to blame it on the Chinese manufacturer but I'm gonna say NOT! That sounds like some good old American honky tonk lingo. I don't know where it started but I'm not sure I'd want my rear end on that sofa!

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