Walmart is RACIST (PICS)!!!! - GoFuckYourself.com

LiveDose · 01-06-2006, 01:21 AM

OMFG... Beer spit on my monitor! LOL

jsp123 · 01-06-2006, 01:22 AM

You should submit that to PC Mag for there backspace section

RRRED · 01-06-2006, 01:23 AM

omg.. that is terrible

mal · 01-06-2006, 01:25 AM

Wal-Mart ends automated movie suggestions

Wal-Mart Stores is shutting down the automated system that creates movie recommendations on its shopping website after the system randomly linked a Planet of the Apes DVD to films about African-Americans including Martin Luther King Jr., the company said Thursday.

Wal-Mart said it had fixed the immediate problem by removing what it called the "offensive combinations" from a Web page on www.walmart.com advertising a boxed DVD set, Planet Of The Apes: The Complete TV Series.

Under "Similar Items," the page linked shoppers to four movies about the lives of the slain civil-rights leader, actress Dorothy Dandridge, boxer Jack Johnson and singer Tina Turner. It was manually changed by 5:30 p.m. CT to link shoppers instead to DVD sets of Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond and Star Wars.

But the world's largest retailer said the automated system that generates links for shoppers from one movie to others of similar interest was malfunctioning and was in the process of being shut down. All cross references would be removed as soon as technically possible until the system can be fixed, Wal-Mart said.

"We are heartsick that this happened and are currently doing everything possible to correct the problem," Wal-Mart spokeswoman Mona Williams said in a statement.

Wal-Mart moved swiftly after a link to the page for Planet of the Apes began circulating by e-mail on the Internet.

"Walmart.com's item mapping process does not work correctly and at this point is mapping seemingly random combinations of titles. We were horrified to discover that some hurtful and offensive combinations are being mapped together," Williams said.

"We are deeply sorry that this happened," she added.

Williams said the malfunctioning system had to be shut down because it could potentially create an almost endless number of possible combinations between the thousands of movies available on the website.

"To further illustrate the bizarre nature of this technical issue, the site is also mapping movies such as Home Alone and Power Puff Girls to African-American themed DVDs," Williams said.

A non-African American themed documentary about surfers, Riding Giants, links to the same list of seemingly unrelated fantasy films that the King biopic does, including Polar Express and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Wal-Mart's organized critics slammed the error.

"Wal-Mart must not only explain how this could possibly happen, but owes all of America, especially African-Americans, an apology for what was either a racist joke or just incredibly bad judgment," said Chris Kofinis, spokesman for Wake Up Wal-Mart, a campaign group run by the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/20...ffensive_x.htm

je_rome · 01-06-2006, 01:53 AM

that is just unacceptable

BoNgHiTtA · 01-06-2006, 01:55 AM

Hmm, did I miss something here? Aren't these related movies?

Violetta · 01-06-2006, 02:17 AM

Shoehorn! · 01-06-2006, 02:24 AM

$$$ · 01-06-2006, 02:31 AM

HAHA

Nookster · 01-06-2006, 02:45 AM

roflmFao

phonesex · 01-06-2006, 04:10 AM

Now thats some funny shit.

comeplay · 01-06-2006, 04:30 AM

seems to work fine for me, I view the queer eye for the straight guy box set and it shows the best of rod stewart, michael jackson, and elton john. It must be correct in its other combinations.

Sarah_Jayne · 01-06-2006, 05:34 AM

How does it even have it as an associated item?

The Duck · 01-06-2006, 06:01 AM

Its all smoke and mirrors-

BabeHunter · 01-06-2006, 06:12 AM

OMG!

Gnat69 · 01-06-2006, 08:46 AM

I am not surprised at anything Walmart does in the states....but it is not funny

nico-t · 01-06-2006, 08:49 AM

hahaha funny shit

Spoff · 01-06-2006, 09:04 AM

Bahhhh .. oh man.. Unreal.

Quagmire · 01-06-2006, 09:24 AM

Its funny and sad at the same time. Black people work very hard to get out of the "spear chuckin' jigaboo" stereotype and one silly thing on a website has people pointing and laughing.

And honestly, it doesn't get much more insulting than to compare a man to a monkey because of their color.

gornyhuy · 01-06-2006, 09:29 AM

Damn dirty apes.

8 Characters · 01-06-2006, 09:31 AM

Well all humans are apes, so what's the prob

sfera · 01-06-2006, 09:33 AM

everyone hates whitey lol

Gunni · 01-06-2006, 09:43 AM

hahahahahahaha, that is hilarious!!!

eroswebmaster · 01-06-2006, 09:52 AM

Quote:

"Wal-Mart must not only explain how this could possibly happen, but owes all of America, especially African-Americans, an apology for what was either a racist joke or just incredibly bad judgment," said Chris Kofinis, spokesman for Wake Up Wal-Mart, a campaign group run by the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

People need to learn how to relax and shut the fuck up and quit looking for a reason to explain their lives or lack of lives.

escorpio · 01-06-2006, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Quagmire

Its funny and sad at the same time. Black people work very hard to get out of the "spear chuckin' jigaboo" stereotype and one silly thing on a website has people pointing and laughing.

"Yeah, I been workin' hard as a motherfucker to overcome negative stereotypes and now those punk ass bitches at Wal-Mart got people laughing at me!"

pornguy · 01-06-2006, 10:00 AM

Someone manually set that to advertise those.

HotMovies_Jason2 · 01-06-2006, 10:06 AM

one more reason to boycott walmart...

eroswebmaster · 01-06-2006, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by pornguy

Someone manually set that to advertise those.

And if they did you honestly think it was someone with authority behind it?
No it would be some dumbass trying to get wal-mart in trouble.

kmanrox · 01-06-2006, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by je_rome

that is just unacceptable

stfu, its funny.... get off your high horse

stickyfingerz · 01-06-2006, 10:47 AM

Im a European American....

Drake · 01-06-2006, 10:49 AM

haha whoever set that up is having a good laugh at the media attention and the shit it's gotten WalMart into. Damned rogue employee haha.

xNetworx · 01-06-2006, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by escorpio

"Yeah, I been workin' hard as a motherfucker to overcome negative stereotypes and now those punk ass bitches at Wal-Mart got people laughing at me!"

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