AOL Delivers Racial Insult
from the portals-and-their-insults dept
Dan Williams writes "AOL UK sent one of those annoying "Free Internet Access" CDs addressed to "Mr. Jungle Bunny". The individual who lived at the address happened to be black. AOL blames it on a prankster who must have opened an account with that name linked to the address it was sent to." This following on the claim that Lycos's chairman made derogatory statements. Who would have thought that "portal hate crimes" would become a topic with multiple stories?
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