Google Maps hit with White House racial slur vandalism

cnet.com ^ | 19 May 2015 | Richard Nieva

[W.]

Racism exists everywhere on the Internet, and apparently Google Maps is no exception.

The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that if you surf to Google Maps, focus it on a map of Washington, D.C. and type "n------ house" into the search bar, the map takes you to the White House. It also associates that search with Nairobi, Kenya.

[W.]

I would say I'm sniggering but I won't.

[Ready4Freddy]

Just checked it, still works

[Bob]

Let us not be niggardly in our condemnation of this.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Considering how the community organizer sets up riots, I would say he did this as well.

[Ready4Freddy]

Google appears to be giving niggardly attention to this.

[moovova]

Somebody has a dark sense of humor.

[MNDude]

Usually acts like this are liberals trying to make themselves victims.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Chortle ?

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

That is SO offensive. Everyone knows it’s the n-—— mosque.

[gaijin]

took me to:

Underground Railroad TV
322 S Green St
Chicago, IL 60627

[LonePalm]

Sounds like a classic false flag operation.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[cripplecreek]

Underground Railroad TV in Chicago comes up for me.

[Red Steel]

“It’s unclear how this happened. People can suggest changes to Google Maps with its Map Maker software, which the company offers to users to help it keep maps up to date. “

Similar to searched terms that show up after X number of times, which were used in the search bar that can be seen as auto completes.

[Cementjungle]

I wonder who “discovered” this little tidbit.

[mowowie]

Probably the same person who created it.
Who types that term into google maps mistakenly?

[KC_Lion]

You need to search it with “Washington D.C.”

[4rcane]

maybe a black person edited it, so is it still racism?

[kiryandil]

thughouse

[ETL]

"It also associates that search with Nairobi, Kenya."

That's probably the "White Hut" where Obama's brother lived until fairly recently.

___

Barack Obama's 'lost' brother found in Kenya

George Hussein Onyango Obama,
Senator Barack Obama's long lost
brother was tracked down living in
a hut on the outskirts of Nairobi

Senator Barack Obama's long lost brother has been tracked down for the first time living in a shanty town in Kenya, reports claimed

Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate's half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender.

"No-one knows who I am", he told the magazine, before claiming: "I live here on less than a dollar a month."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2590614/Barack-Obamas-lost-brother-found-in-Kenya.html

[parksstp]

A map of Washington DC on Google Maps with the search word “House” will turn up just about anything as the White House:

For Example:

Commie House
Gangsta House (1 of 3) with U Street Music Hall
Thug House
Moochelle’s House (1 of 2) with Kyle House
House of the Muslim

They all work and focus in on the White House when a map of DC is displayed.