Fans of racism and saving money are sure to be disappointed after online coupon/sale site Groupon deleted an ad for suede shoes on their website which were being advertised as being available in the colour “N**** brown”.
The more astute – read, not racist – shoppers who spotted the ads complained online, which is completely understandable considering that description is a racial slur with a history entrenched with violence and discrimination, not a colour.
It appears that Twitter user Dana Trimboli was the first to notice the slur on item, “Women’s Fringe Suede Moccasin Boots.” Many more users also noticed the description across several shoe descriptions sold by companies Kojwa and Margines, who use Groupon.
Many users have already called for a Groupon boycott.
@GrouponHelpUS @Groupon you have some explaining to do 👇🏻new color choice selected by a racist employee? #ShutdownGroupon #groupon pic.twitter.com/DMQ13reTSY
— Dana (@dnj1999) March 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/cammarays/status/978986703531716609
In their response to the tweets, a Groupon spokesperson stressed that Kojwa and Margines are separate entities who merely use their site. They insist that they have checkpoints to prevent these sorts of words arriving on the site, and are currently working out why these ones slipped through.
