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[Scorbing]

What is wrong with society? I can't believe that this kind of crap is still going on in the 21st century. Amazing.

Source: http://www.huffingto...html?1343747954




Joseph Ross, a Dayton, Ohio, resident, got an unwelcome "welcome" this weekend when he checked into a Motel 6 in the nearby town of Sharonville, where he planned to attend a jazz festival.
Ross told WCPO that he switched on the television in his room only to be greeted with an on-screen racial slur: "Hello << racial epithet >>!"
"I turned the TV on and when I laid back on the bed I just happened to see something on the screen and I was like, 'Ah, that ain't there, so then I focused my eyes and I couldn't believe what was on there,'" he told WCPO in Cincinnati.
Ross complained to Motel 6's corporate office and reached out to the president of the Dayton chapter of the NAACP, who confirmed the on-screen slur to WCPO.
On its website, the Cincinnati NAACP said that the Dayton chapter "independently called the location to ask if the Motel 6 had on their TV broadcast 'Hello << racial epithet >>.' The person who answered the phone confirmed the information was true but provided no explanation or clarity of why."
The police are also investigating the incident. “We are taking this very seriously and we are looking into it,” Sharonville Police Lt. James Nesbit told Cincinnati.com.
Motel 6 released a statement deploring the incident:[indent]"At Motel 6, we are proud of the great diversity of the guests that we serve, and we are completely appalled by the offensive slur that appeared on our guest's television screen Friday. We are investigating to determine how this mishap occurred, and after inspecting other rooms this appears to be an isolated incident."[/indent]

[jakem1]

So is this a case of a private company being allowed to say what it wants or is that only OK when homophobia is involved?

[ahhell]

It's some joker or bored worker that did this. I bet he's going to sue!!!
I can't wait for Jesse Jackson to release a statement.

[Calum]

jakem1, on 05 August 2012 - 13:51, said:

So is this a case of a private company being allowed to say what it wants or is that only OK when homophobia is involved?

I look forward to the replies to this

[Hum]

Ignoring it would have been the best action.

And even blacks used the N-word on each other.

[The Laughing Man]

Hum, on 05 August 2012 - 15:10, said:

Ignoring it would have been the best action.

And even blacks used the N-word on each other.

lol, blacks. As a half "black" I find this funny.

[Hum]

^ Every so many years some other word is in fashion.

[*RedBull*]

What's up my ( the letter N followed by igga) ? Would have been better.

Stupid that I have to spell << racial epithet >> that way.

[pack34]

Perhaps the person who set it was black?